Arctic Sea On Map

The arctic is almost entirely covered by water, much of it frozen. Shown below is the international bathymetric chart of the arctic ocean which was produced by a team of investigators from canada, denmark, germany, iceland, norway, russia, sweden, and the united states. Map of the arctic region showing the bathymetry and the northeast passage, the northern sea route within it, and the northwest passage.

The northwest passage is a sea route that connects the pacific ocean to the atlantic ocean across the northern coast of north america and through the canadian arctic archipelago. Arctic arctic map the arctic is a region of the planet, north of the arctic circle, and includes the arctic ocean, greenland, baffin island, other smaller northern islands, and the far northern parts of europe, russia (siberia), alaska and canada. Map with fact boxes on indigenous peoples who are permanent participants at the arctic council.

Most scientists define the arctic as the area within the arctic circle, a line of latitude about 66.5° north of the equator.

There are three main routes that connect the atlantic and the pacific oceans: Arctic sea ice extent has declined significantly in all months since satellite measurements began in 1979, with septembers showing the largest declines. Additional maps are available for the period from 1979 to 2015; The arctic is almost entirely covered by water, much of it frozen.