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Arctic

Also known as Circumpolar Arctic, Arctic Region, High North, the Arctic, North Frigid Zone, Arctic Ocean Region, Far North

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 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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Research

33,171 papers

[Arctic medicine].ReviewDuodecim; laaketieteellinen aikakauskirja · 1989Stenbäck F
Arctic rabies--a review.ReviewActa veterinaria Scandinavica · 2004Mørk T, Prestrud PDOI: 10.1186/1751-0147-45-1
Arctic nutrition.Arctic medical research · 1992Hirvonen L
Arctic willy.BMJ (Clinical research ed.) · 1989Travis S, Roberts DDOI: 10.1136/bmj.299.6715.1573
The Arctic's sea ice cover: trends, variability, predictability, and comparisons to the Antarctic.ReviewAnnals of the New York Academy of Sciences · 2019Serreze MC, Meier WNDOI: 10.1111/nyas.13856
Arctic soil microbial diversity in a changing world.ReviewResearch in microbiology · 2015Blaud A, Lerch TZ, Phoenix GK et al.DOI: 10.1016/j.resmic.2015.07.013
Arctic science cannot afford a new cold war.Nature · 2020DOI: 10.1038/d41586-020-02739-x
Arctic health in Russia.International journal of circumpolar health · 2013Young KDOI: 10.3402/ijch.v72i0.20724

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Population: 0
Area: 27000000
Image: Arctica surface.jpg

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Contents

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
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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.