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Arctic Ocean
- AlaskaIn 2013, archaeologist Ben Potter unearthed the remains of a six-week-old infant at the Upward Sun River site in the Tanana Valley.
- Arctic OceanThe Arctic Ocean occupies a roughly circular basin covering an area of about 14 million square kilometers. It stands as the smallest and shallowest of the…
- Northern Sea RouteThe Northern Sea Route begins at the Kara Strait, where the Barents and Kara Seas meet. It ends at Cape Dezhnev in the Bering Strait.
- Climate change in the ArcticOn the 20th of June 2020, a temperature measurement inside the Arctic Circle reached 38 degrees Celsius. This heat was expected in the region only by the…
- Northwest PassageIn 1497, John Cabot set sail from England under the command of King Henry VII with a singular goal. He sought a direct route to the Orient through the…