Arctic Ocean


  • Type: Ocean

The Arctic Ocean is the smallest of the world's five oceans (after the Pacific Ocean, Atlantic Ocean, Indian Ocean, and the recently delimited Southern Ocean). The Northwest Passage (US and Canada) and Northern Sea Route (Norway and Russia) are two important seasonal waterways. In recent years the polar ice pack has thinned allowing for increased navigation and raising the possibility of future sovereignty and shipping disputes among countries bordering the Arctic Ocean. - The World Factbook


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Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
1909/04/06 Robert E Peary Explorer The exhibition's Polar team (Matthew Henson, Robert Peary, Eskimos and 40 dogs) become the first people to reach the North Pole or maybe not, at least they thought it was the North Pole. Expedition to the North Pole
1909/04/06 Matthew Henson Explorer The exhibition's Polar team (Matthew Henson, Robert Peary, Eskimos and 40 dogs) become the first people to reach the North Pole or maybe not, at least they thought it was the North Pole. Expedition to the North Pole
1921/08/23 Donald Baxter MacMillan Owner Bowdoin sails across the Arctic Circle
2012/00/00 Peter Wadhams, Head of the Polar Ocean Physics Group in the Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics, University of Cambridge, predicts that Arctic sea ice will be gone by summer of 2015 or 2016. Climate Change
2014/00/00 UNESCO Organization Peter Wadhams, Head of the Polar Ocean Physics Group at University of Cambridge, predicts that the 'summer sea ice to disappear' from Arctic Ocean by 2020. "Expert predicts ice-free Arctic by 2020 as UN releases climate report" Anchorage Daily News Climate Change

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Greenland

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Arctic Prawn Fish Coldwater prawns are found in the North Atlantic.



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Location

Body of water between Europe, Asia, and North America, mostly north of the Arctic Circle - The World Factbook

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Particulars for Arctic Ocean:
Physiographic Ocean



Creative Works »

WorkTypeAsNotedInCreatorNote
A Man's Woman Book
Frank Norris A Man's Woman begins with an arctic expedition
Frankenstein (book) Novel Mary Shelley Setting
The Captain of the 'Pole-Star' (Short Story) Short Story
Arthur Conan Doyle
The Moonstone Mass (short story) Short Story Harriet Prescott Spofford
The Seventh Man (Short Story) Short Story Arthur Quiller-Couch In a one-roomed hut, high within the Arctic Circle, and only a little south of the eightieth parallel, six men were sitting--much as they had sat, evening after evening, for months.

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