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...
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...
White Sea, an almost landlocked extension of the Arctic Ocean indenting the shores of northwestern Russia. It is connected to the more northerly Barents Sea by a long, narrow strait known as the Gorlo (“Throat”). The boundary between the two seas runs