Chukchi Sea () is a marginal sea of the Arctic Ocean.

A narrower Nares Strait connects Baffin Bay with the Arctic Ocean.

The Laptev Sea () is a marginal sea of the Arctic Ocean.

There are several oil related environmental risks specific to the Arctic Ocean.

It is bounded on the east by the Pacific Ocean, on the south by the Indian Ocean and on the north by the Arctic Ocean.

To the north, the Bering Strait connects the Pacific with the Arctic Ocean.

In addition, Finland received Petsamo, with its ice free harbour on the Arctic Ocean.

The International Hydrographic Organization (IHO) recognizes it as an ocean, although some oceanographers call it the Arctic Mediterranean Sea or simply the Arctic Sea, classifying it a mediterranean sea or an estuary of the Atlantic Ocean.

In 1948, the underwater Lomonosov Ridge in the Arctic Ocean was named in his honor.

Prince Gustav Adolf Sea, an arm of the Arctic Ocean, is located in Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut, Canada.

If the Arctic Ocean becomes ice free in summer, the melting and the snowfall will probably increase sharply.

Jan Mayen is a volcanic island in the Arctic Ocean and a part of the Kingdom of Norway.

Along with the Pechora River to the east, it drains most of Northwest Russia into the Arctic Ocean.

The meridian 3 east of Greenwich is a line of longitude that extends from the North Pole across the Arctic Ocean, the Atlantic Ocean, Europe, Africa, the Southern Ocean, and Antarctica to the South Pole.

The meridian 8 east of Greenwich is a line of longitude that extends from the North Pole across the Arctic Ocean, Europe, Africa, the Atlantic Ocean, the Southern Ocean, and Antarctica to the South Pole.

Located in the Arctic Ocean, it is the 31st largest island in the world and Canada's seventh largest island.

Victoria Strait is a strait in northern Canada that lies in Nunavut off the mainland in the Arctic Ocean.

As one component of the interconnected global ocean, it is connected in the north to the Arctic Ocean, to the Pacific Ocean in the southwest, the Indian Ocean in the southeast, and the Southern Ocean in the south (other definitions describe the Atlantic as extending southward to Antarctica).

This is my studio in Brooklyn. This is the Arctic Ocean, and the butchering of the second whale, seven days later.

Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic to the Pacific and northward into the Arctic Ocean.

The sea opens into the Arctic Ocean to the north, and into the Byam Martin Channel and Maclean Strait to the south.

Expressing its deep concern over the vulnerability of the environment and the fragile ecosystems of the polar regions, including the Arctic Ocean and the Arctic ice cap, particularly affected by the projected adverse effects of climate change,

An enormous Chinese Embassy has been built in Reykjavik with an eye to improving China s intelligence about future developments in the Arctic Ocean.

On October 15, 2010, Russian scientists opened a floating polar research station in the Chuckchi Sea at the margin of the Arctic Ocean.

Modern After the European discovery of America, some people used the term Seven Seas to refer to seven of the largest bodies of water in the world The Pacific Ocean, the Atlantic Ocean, the Indian Ocean, the Arctic Ocean, the Mediterranean Sea, the Caribbean Sea, and the Gulf of Mexico.

As the University of Laval s Louis Fortier puts it, we are three quarters of the way to ice free summers in the Arctic Ocean.

In September, the sea ice cover on the Arctic Ocean melted all the way back to the record low level recorded in September 2007.

Another part is that the so called Arctic Oscillation of wind patterns over the Arctic Ocean is now in a state that it does not allow build up of old ice, but immediately flushes most ice into the North Atlantic.

Yearly estimates show that 2011 set an all time low for overall ice volume which is computed from area and thickness in the Arctic Ocean.

Almost completely surrounded by Eurasia and North America, the Arctic Ocean is partly covered by sea ice throughout the year (and almost completely in winter).

Shackleton's original plan had been to explore the Beaufort Sea sector of the Arctic Ocean, but this was abandoned after the Canadian government withheld financial support.

Lincoln Sea is a body of water in the Arctic Ocean, stretching from Cape Columbia, Canada, in the west to Cape Morris Jesup, Greenland, in the east.

Some companies even seem to celebrate the melting of the polar ice cap, because it will reduce the cost of extracting the oil that lies beneath the Arctic Ocean.

Even if the Arctic Ocean becomes ice free in the summer, most of the year it is not, and icebergs from melting glaciers will become more common and possibly larger.

Arctic exploration is the physical exploration of the Arctic region of the Earth.

The Vanishing Arctic

At the beginning of the 19th century, the Russian Empire extended from the Arctic Ocean in the north to the Black Sea on the south, from the Baltic Sea on the west to the Pacific Ocean, and (until 1867) into Alaska in North America on the east.

Russia, which three years ago used a submarine to plant a platinum copy of its national flag at the North Pole, claims sovereignty over 37 of the surface of the Arctic Ocean.

Today, a far greater Arctic tragedy is unfolding the Arctic sea ice cap is melting.

On land, oil fields in Alaska and gas fields in northern Russia have been producing hydrocarbons on a large scale for many years, but the estimated reserves under the Arctic Ocean are much larger.

Taming the Arctic Oil Rush

The Arctic Council was inaugurated in 1996 and provides for cooperation, coordination and integration among the eight Arctic States.

Because much of the Arctic Ocean is shallow and located on continental shelves, the bordering countries are scrambling to stake claims to exclusive economic zones under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea.

The vanishing Arctic sea ice also affects the atmosphere. Less ice reflects less sunlight, and more open ocean absorbs more heat, which is then released into the atmosphere, affecting wind and pressure patterns throughout the northern hemisphere.

Artifacts found in the area suggest that an increasing number of travelers from Karelia in the east, Häme in the south and the Arctic Ocean coast in the north must have come there from 500 A.D. onwards.