Arctic
Sign in to saveThe Arctic (; ) is the polar region of Earth that surrounds the North Pole, lying north of the Arctic Circle. The Arctic region, from the IERS Reference Meridian travelling east, consists of parts of northern Norway (Nordland, Troms, Finnmark, Svalbard and Jan Mayen), northernmost Sweden (Västerbotten, Norrbotten and Lappland), northern Finland (North Ostrobothnia, Kainuu and Lappi), Russia (Murmansk, Siberia, Nenets Okrug, Novaya Zemlya), the United States (Alaska), Canada (Yukon, Northwest Territories, Nunavut), Danish Realm (Greenland), and northern Iceland (Grímsey and Kolbeinsey), along w
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The Arctic is the polar region surrounding Earth's North Pole, located north of the Arctic Circle and spanning parts of Norway, Sweden, Finland, Russia, the United States, Canada, Greenland, and Iceland. It matters as a vast geographic area that includes diverse ecosystems, indigenous populations, and increasingly important resources and shipping routes affected by climate change.
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- Definition and etymology
- Climate
- Flora and fauna
- Plants
- Animals
- Natural resources
- Paleontology
- Indigenous population
- International cooperation and politics
- Territorial claims
- Strategic competition
- Exploration
- Pollution
- Preservation
- Climate change
- Arctic waters
- Arctic lands
- See also
- Notes
- References
- Bibliography
- Further reading
- External links
- Maps
- Media
The Arctic (; ) is the polar region of Earth that surrounds the North Pole, lying north of the Arctic Circle. The Arctic region, from the IERS Reference Meridian travelling east, consists of parts of northern Norway (Nordland, Troms, Finnmark, Svalbard and Jan Mayen), northernmost Sweden (Västerbotten, Norrbotten and Lappland), northern Finland (North Ostrobothnia, Kainuu and Lappi), Russia (Murmansk, Siberia, Nenets Okrug, Novaya Zemlya), the United States (Alaska), Canada (Yukon, Northwest Territories, Nunavut), Danish Realm (Greenland), and northern Iceland (Grímsey and Kolbeinsey), along with the Arctic Ocean and adjacent seas.
Land within the Arctic region has seasonally varying snow and ice cover, with predominantly treeless permafrost under the tundra. Arctic seas contain seasonal sea ice in many places.