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   What are the dangers to the Arctic Ocean?

   • The Arctic faces threats from oil and gas development, fisheries management, and mining and shipping traffic. But climate change is the single greatest threat to the Arctic. Warming in the Arctic is expected to be two to three times greater than the rest of the world.

   How big is the Arctic Ocean? And eight other Arctic facts

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   What is the Arctic Ocean?

   • The Arctic Ocean is a small, shallow ocean on the North Pole. It encompasses an area of approximately 5.427 million square miles, slightly smaller than Russia but larger than the Antarctica continent.

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   What animals live in the Arctic Ocean?

   • Species like the beluga, pacific salmon, brown bear, walrus, arctic wolf, arctic fox, narwhal, and gray whale live here. Polar bears remain the most iconic Arctic species, and live only in this landscape.

   How big is the Arctic Ocean? And eight other Arctic facts

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   What type of whales visit the Arctic Ocean?

   • Polar bears hunt for seals through the polar ice. The Arctic Ocean is visited by many type of whale, such as humpback, gray, and bowhead whales, which come in the summer months to feed. As the temperatures of the world’s oceans rise, the polar ice melts more quickly and the ice caps get smaller.

   The Arctic Ocean | Smallest Ocean In The World | DK Find Out

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2. www.britannica.com › place › Arctic-OceanArctic Ocean | Definition, Location, Map, Climate, & Facts

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   May 14, 2024 · Arctic Ocean, smallest of the world’s oceans, centering approximately on the North Pole. The Arctic Ocean and its marginal seas are the least-known basins and bodies of water in the world ocean as a result of their remoteness, hostile weather, and perennial or seasonal ice cover.

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3. www.cia.gov › the-world-factbook › oceansArctic Ocean - World Factbook Glyph

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   May 15, 2024 · Learn about the geography, climate, currents, and features of the Arctic Ocean, the smallest and coldest of the world's five ocean basins. See photos, maps, and definitions of terms related to the Arctic Ocean.

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5. www.climate.gov › news-features › understandingFive things to understand about an “ice-free” Arctic

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   May 14, 2024 · An ice-free Arctic Ocean would only be ice free in summer and would still contain some remnants of sea ice. Scientists are still working out why models underestimate real-world ice losses. The first occurrence of an ice-free Arctic summer will likely come down to weather events.

6. warontherocks.com › 2024 › 05Small Ocean, Big Hype: Arctic Myths and Realities - War on ...

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   May 3, 2024 · The Arctic Ocean may be the world’s smallest but it looms large in the imagination. Remote and unique, the Arctic is, for some at least, the most romanticized ocean in the world. It has been fueling legends and ambitions for centuries, and continues to fuel new geopolitical myths today.

7. www.nature.com › articles › s43247/024/01428-1Atmospheric destabilization leads to Arctic Ocean winter ...

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   5 days ago · The surface-amplified winter warming over the Arctic Ocean is accompanied by a pronounced intensification of near-surface winds, simulated by climate models and emerging in reanalysis data. Here ...

8. www.britannica.com › place › Bering-SeaBering Sea and Strait | Arctic Ocean, Pacific Ocean, Wildlife

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   4 days ago · Bering Sea and Strait, northernmost part of the Pacific Ocean, separating the continents of Asia and North America. To the north the Bering Sea connects with the Arctic Ocean through the Bering Strait, at the narrowest point of which the two continents are about 53 miles (85 kilometres) apart.