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May 3, 2024 · Arctic Ocean. Arctic Ocean, smallest of the world’s oceans, centring approximately on the North Pole. The Arctic Ocean and its marginal seas—the Chukchi, East Siberian, Laptev, Kara, Barents, White, Greenland, and Beaufort and, according to some oceanographers, also the Bering and Norwegian —are the least-known basins and bodies of water ...
- Topography of The Ocean Floor
Arctic Ocean - Topography, Depths, Basins: From the late...
- Kara
Kara Sea, marginal sea of the Arctic Ocean, located off...
- Polar Bears
Geographic ranges of the eight living species of bears....
- Topography of The Ocean Floor
4 days ago · Species: D. leucas. Binomial name. Delphinapterus leucas. ( Pallas, 1776) Beluga range. The beluga whale ( / bɪˈluːɡə /; [4] Delphinapterus leucas) is an Arctic and sub-Arctic cetacean. It is one of two members of the family Monodontidae, along with the narwhal, and the only member of the genus Delphinapterus.
- D. leucas
- Delphinapterus, Lacépède, 1804
18 hours ago · Belugas (Delphinapterus leucas) are social marine mammals that live in Arctic and sub-Arctic waters, including off the coast of Alaska.On average, they weigh 3,150 pounds and can measure up to 16 ...
4 days ago · The narwhal (Monodon monoceros), is a species of toothed whale. It is the only species in the genus Monodon. The most prominent feature of the species is an adult male's long single tusk that can be up to 3 m (9.8 ft). The narwhal has a mottled pigmentation, with blackish-brown markings over a white background. An adult narwhal is typically 3.0 ...
1 day ago · Orca gladiator (Bonnaterre, 1789) The orca ( Orcinus orca ), or killer whale, is a toothed whale that is the largest member of the oceanic dolphin family. It is the only extant species in the genus Orcinus. Orcas are recognizable by their black-and-white patterned body.
Apr 24, 2024 · Major ocean currents. two major, slow-moving, wind-driven currents (drift streams) dominate: a clockwise drift pattern in the Beaufort Gyre in the western part of the Arctic Ocean and a nearly straight line Transpolar Drift Stream that moves eastward across the ocean from the New Siberian Islands (Russia) to the Fram Strait (between Greenland and Svalbard); sea ice that lies close to the ...
