Arctic Ocean Map and Bathymetric ChartThis map illustrates the Arctic Ocean, the names of the "seas" that on the northern borders of the contients, and is a political map of bordering countries. It also shows th
Arctic Ocean Political Map Larger version: Arctic Ocean Political Map Unilateral Claims In 1945, the United States announced that it assumed jurisdiction of all natural resources out to the edge of its continental shelf. This was the first nation to depart from the freedom of the seas doctrine,...
This Arctic map web site features free printable maps of the Arctic Ocean and subarctic regions. View the political map and relief maps of the Arctic, and learn about Arctic geography and resources.
Figure 1. Map of the Arctic Ocean showing the average minimum and maximum sea ice extent, as well as the major bathymetric features, and other significant geographic locations. Over the last half-century Arctic acoustics research and development has largely supported submarine operations. The importan...
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 peren
Does the Arctic Ocean have seas? Yes, even though it's the smallest ocean the Arctic does have its own seas. The Arctic Ocean is similar to the world's other oceans because it shares borders with both continents and marginal seas which are also known asMediterranean seas. The Arctic Ocean...
The area of the Laptev Sea is a continental-margin platform region. Grabens and downwarps within it are continuations of mobile zones that extend northward out: into the ocean basin. The borders are of different ages and genesis. On the west is the TaymyrSevernaya Zemlya fold system; on the...
In the Nordic Seas, on the other hand, the Eemian might have been cooler than the Holocene due to a reduction in the northward flow of Atlantic surface water towards Fram Strait and the Arctic Ocean, indicating the complexity of the interglacial climate system and its evolution in the ...
The map above is a bathymetric map, showing ocean depths in a gradient of violet colors. The shallowest areas, such as continental slopes, the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, and platform seas (such as the North Sea, located between The British Isles and Norway) are shown in a light violet color. ...
Large amounts of atmospheric carbon can be exported and retained in the deep sea on millennial time scales, buffering global warming. However, while the Barents Sea is one of the most biologically productive areas of the Arctic Ocean, carbon retention ti