2. Name: The Arctic Ocean derives its name from the Greek word 'arktos' which means 'bear'. 3. Size: How big is the Arctic Ocean?The Arctic Ocean is thesmallest oceanon earth and covers less than 3% of the earth’s surface. Much of the ocean is covered by ice, however the thickne...
Country name etymology:the name Arctic comes from the Greek word "arktikos" meaning "near the bear" or "northern," and that word derives from "arktos," meaning "bear"; the name refers either to the constellation Ursa Major, the "Great Bear," which is prominent in the northern celestial ...
The 4,248-kilometer Irtysh River is the only river in China that flows into the Arctic Ocean. It derives from the Altay Mountain in Xinjiang, meanders northwest through Kazakhstan and Russia, and merges with the Ob River in Tyumenskaya. Hou started preparing for this year's adventure more tha...
The Arctic consists of an ocean surrounded by the northern fringes of the Eurasian and North American landmasses. Its southern limits are defined variously as the Arctic Circle at 66° northern latitude, the treeline, the July 10 °C isothermFootnote1or permafrost extent. But jurisdictional, admin...
A second cross-cutting theme derives from the relevance of globalisation processes for the Arctic (see section “The ultimate drivers of Arctic change: Climate Change and Globalization”). This is the tale ofthe Global Arctic, highlighting the inextricable linkages between Arctic and global processes...
The Barents Sea is a marginal area of the Arctic Ocean, and it represents a rather shallow shelf sea, with an average depth of 230 m. It is a complex and dynamic oceanographic area, being partly ice-free during winter in the present climate. Although it constitutes about 10% of the Arct...