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The Arctic Basin (also North Polar Basin) is an oceanic basin in the Arctic Ocean, consisting of two main parts separated by the Lomonosov Ridge, a mid-ocean
Arctic_Basin
Oceanic division
The Arctic Ocean is the smallest and shallowest of the world's five oceanic divisions. It spans an area of approximately 14,060,000 km2 (5,430,000 sq mi)
Arctic_Ocean
areas. This definition of the Arctic can be further divided into four different regions: The Arctic Basin includes the Arctic Ocean within the average minimum
Climate_of_the_Arctic
Drainage basins in North America
principal drainage basins spanning three oceans (Arctic, Atlantic and Pacific) and one endorheic basin. The basins are the Atlantic Seaboard basin, the Gulf of
Watersheds_of_North_America
The Arctic consists of land, internal waters, territorial seas, exclusive economic zones (EEZs) and international waters above the Arctic Circle (66 degrees
Territorial claims in the Arctic
Territorial_claims_in_the_Arctic
Industry in the Arctic
factor. There have been many discoveries of oil and gas in the several Arctic basins that have seen extensive exploration over past decades but distance
Petroleum exploration in the Arctic
Petroleum_exploration_in_the_Arctic
The Eurasian Basin, or Eurasia Basin, is one of the two major basins into which the Arctic Basin of the Arctic Ocean is split by the Lomonosov Ridge (other
Eurasian_Basin
Species of fish
competition from non-native fish species. The arctic grayling occurs naturally in the Arctic Ocean basin in Siberia from the Ob to Yenisei drainages and
Arctic_grayling
Sea-ice cover of the Arctic Ocean and its vicinity
ice cover in the Arctic is about 50% of winter cover. Some of the ice survives from one year to the next. Currently, 28% of Arctic basin sea ice is multi-year
Arctic_ice_pack
Hypothetical geoclimatic event
known as the Late Cenozoic Ice Age. In sedimentary layers throughout the Arctic basin, a unit reaching at least 8 m in thickness (the bottom of the longest
Azolla_event
Canadian marine ecozone
The Arctic Basin Marine Ecozone, as defined by the Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC), is a Canadian marine ecozone encompassing the northwestern
Arctic Basin Marine Ecozone (CEC)
Arctic_Basin_Marine_Ecozone_(CEC)
North American geological structure
tectonic features, including grabens, half-grabens, basins and faults. Development of the Canadian Arctic Rift System was accompanied by two plate tectonic
Canadian_Arctic_Rift_System
Abyssal plain in the Arctic Ocean
The Nansen Basin (also Central Basin, formerly Fram Basin) is an abyssal plain with water-depths of around 3 km in the Arctic Ocean and (together with
Nansen_Basin
Protected area in Alaska
and denning patterns. Additionally, the unique marine ecosystem of the Arctic basin is being disturbed by industrial noise and oil exploration. The Inupiaq
Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
Arctic_National_Wildlife_Refuge
Geologic basin under the sea
mi2) and Arctic Ocean (14 million km2/ 5.4 million mi2). Also recognized is the Southern Ocean (20 million km2/ 7 million mi2). All ocean basins collectively
Oceanic_basin
Underwater ridge of continental crust in the Arctic Ocean
Island of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago. The ridge divides the Arctic Basin into the Eurasian Basin and the Amerasian Basin. The width of the Lomonosov
Lomonosov_Ridge
Basin is a seafloor basin in the Arctic Ocean, part of the Amerasian Basin. It lies between the Alpha Ridge and the Lomonosov Ridge. "Makarov Basin"
Makarov_Basin
ground truthing, the combining of three Arctic ecozones, and the addition of two ecoprovinces (Western Interior Basin and Newfoundland Boreal) and nine marine
Ecozones_of_Canada
International border in North America
to the maritime components of the boundary at the Atlantic, Pacific, and Arctic Ocean. The border runs through the middle of the Mohawk Nation at Akwesasne
Canada–United_States_border
Deep oceanic basin within the Arctic Ocean
The Canada Basin is a deep oceanic basin within the Arctic Ocean. It is part of the Amerasian Basin and lies off the coast of Alaska and northwest Canada
Canada_Basin
Topics referred to by the same term
North Polar Basin may refer to: North Polar Basin (Mars) Arctic Basin, abyssal features within the Arctic Ocean This disambiguation page lists articles
North_Polar_Basin
Large edible flatfishes
Greenland halibut originally came from the Pacific Ocean and spread into the Arctic Basin when the Bering Strait opened for a second time around 3 million years
Halibut
Russian island in the Arctic Ocean
region. These waters have among the lowest levels of salinity in the Arctic basin as well as a very high oxygen content and increased biogenic elements
Wrangel_Island
Climate classification
tundras of the Arctic basin. Summits of many mountains of Earth also have polar climates, due to their higher elevations. Some parts of the Arctic are covered
Polar_climate
Genus of fishes
western part of the Arctic basin and the northwest and northeast coasts of Greenland. Its range is between 85° and 72°N latitude. Arctic cod can be found
Arctogadus
Unit of measurement
water flow, "the inflow through Bering Strait is one sverdrup". At the Arctic Basin Symposium in October 1962, the unit came into general usage. The water
Sverdrup
Polar region of the Earth's northern hemisphere
The Arctic (/ˈɑːr(k)tɪk/; from Ancient Greek ἄρκτος (árktos) 'bear') is the polar region of Earth that surrounds the North Pole, lying north of the Arctic
Arctic
Large body of saltwater in northeastern Canada
the Foxe Channel connects Hudson Bay with the Arctic Ocean in the north. The Hudson Bay drainage basin drains a very large area, about 3,861,400 km2 (1
Hudson_Bay
Boundary of the Arctic
The Arctic Circle is one of the two polar circles, and the northernmost of the five major circles of latitude. It is shown on maps of Earth at about 66°
Arctic_Circle
Oceanic basin north of Hudson Bay, in Nunavut, Canada
water makes the sea ice of Foxe Basin dark and rough, easily distinguishable from other ice in the Canadian Arctic. Foxe Basin is connected to the Gulf of
Foxe_Basin
scientific exploration of the Arctic Basin, and particularly providing the capability to operate attack submarines in the Arctic under the ice canopy. In 1941
Arctic_Submarine_Laboratory
Cretaceous large igneous province in the Arctic
opening the Amerasian Basin and the Arctic Ocean. HALIP dispersed the components of this second continent around the margins of the Arctic Ocean where they
High Arctic Large Igneous Province
High_Arctic_Large_Igneous_Province
Canadian marine ecozone
Plains, and Taiga Cordillera, as well as the marine ecozones of the Arctic Basin Marine and Northwest Atlantic Marine. It is characterised by frigid,
Arctic Archipelago Marine Ecozone (CEC)
Arctic_Archipelago_Marine_Ecozone_(CEC)
Endorheic basin in Mongolia
Internal Drainage Basin or Central Asian Inland Basin is the largest of 3 major hydrological basins that cover Mongolia (cf. Arctic Drainage Basin & Pacific Drainage
Central Asian Internal Drainage Basin (Mongolia)
Central_Asian_Internal_Drainage_Basin_(Mongolia)
Major drainage basin in Canada and the United States
boundary of the watershed is the Arctic Divide, and the southern and eastern boundary is the Laurentian Divide. The basin covers parts of the Canadian provinces
Hudson_Bay_drainage_basin
Competition over resources in the Arctic
The Arctic resources race is the competition between global entities for newly available natural resources of the Arctic. Under the United Nations Convention
Arctic_resources_race
Collective term for the Arctic Ocean and the southern part of the Southern Ocean
large ocean basins to the south. Large amounts of riverine fresh water as well as abundant nutrients (gelbstoff) flow into the Arctic basin from Siberian
Polar_seas
Bathymetric feature in the Fram Strait
210 ft) at its greatest depth. The basin floor measures about 220 km2 (85 sq mi) and is the deepest point in the Arctic Ocean. The only person to have reached
Molloy_Deep
Principal hydrological divide of North and South America
inward-draining Endorheic basin area of Central Asia from western China to the Aral and Caspian Seas is so vast that any Arctic and Indian Ocean tributaries
Continental Divide of the Americas
Continental_Divide_of_the_Americas
Large basin in the northern hemisphere of Mars
evidence to the presence of an ocean during this period. Arctic Basin (Earth's "North Polar Basin") Mars ocean hypothesis (Oceanus Borealis) Planum Boreum
Borealis_Basin
Basin
Amerasia Basin, or Amerasian Basin, is one of the two major basins from which the Arctic Ocean can be subdivided (the other one being the Eurasian Basin). The
Amerasia_Basin
Species of fish
upriver for spawning. The distribution of Coregonus pidschian is in the Arctic basin, ranging from Northern Norway and Finland across the Russian coast to
Humpback_whitefish
Ancient continent in the Neoarchean era
erroneously, proposed that North America had rifted from Eurasia and that the Arctic basins had opened behind a retreating Alaska. In his reconstruction of the
Arctica
Enclosed sea with limited water exchange
almost completely enclosed by Africa, Asia, and Europe. The Arctic Ocean (a.k.a. the Arctic Mediterranean Sea) The American Mediterranean Sea (the combination
Mediterranean_seas
Species of fish
inhabits rivers, estuaries and coastal waters of the marginal seas of the Arctic Basin, as well as some large lakes of those areas. In North America it is found
Coregonus_sardinella
Largest river system in Canada
areas near and north of the Arctic Circle receive much lower precipitation. Changes in climate and land cover of the basin are rapidly being reflected
Mackenzie_River
Terrestrial ecozone in northern Canada
The Arctic Cordillera is a Level I terrestrial ecoregion of North America designated by the Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC) in its North
Arctic_Cordillera
Geographic region
American Arctic is composed of the northern polar regions of Alaska (USA), Northern Canada and Greenland. Major bodies of water include the Arctic Ocean
North_American_Arctic
Second epoch of the Paleogene Period
of euxinic condition in the middle Eocene paleo-Arctic basin: A geochemical study on the IODP Arctic Coring Expedition 302 sediments". Earth and Planetary
Eocene
Genus of marine worms
Paris, (4)9(A)(4), 879–885. Dawson, J. K. (1968). Chaetognaths from the Arctic basin, including the description of a new species of Heterokrohnia. Bulletin
Heterokrohnia
Canadian islands in the Arctic Ocean
The Arctic Archipelago, also known as the Canadian Arctic Archipelago, is an archipelago lying to the north of the Canadian continental mainland, excluding
Arctic_Archipelago
Closed drainage basin that has no outflow
An endorheic basin (/ˌɛndoʊˈriː.ɪk/ EN-doh-REE-ik; also endoreic basin and endorreic basin) is a drainage basin that normally retains water and allows
Endorheic_basin
Group of marine ecoregions in the Arctic zone
and the eastern Bering Sea. The Arctic realm transitions to the Temperate Northern Atlantic realm in the Atlantic Basin, and the Temperate Northern Pacific
Arctic_realm
The Amundsen Basin, with depths up to 4.4 km (2.7 mi), is the deepest abyssal plain in the Arctic Ocean and is the site of the geographic North Pole. The
Amundsen_Basin
Genus of fishes
leucichthys — beloribitsa: the Caspian Sea basin Stenodus nelma — nelma, sheefish or inconnu: rivers of the Arctic basin. The genus Stenodus is distinctive from
Stenodus
Potential shipping route in the Arctic
to high seasonal variability of ice conditions throughout the entire Arctic basin, the TSR will not exist as one fixed shipping lane, but will follow a
Transpolar_Sea_Route
Species of fish
(Pallas, 1773) which lives in Eurasian and North American rivers of the Arctic basin. Despite this designation, nelma, similarly known as the sheefish or
Stenodus_leucichthys
Norwegian polar explorer (1872–1928)
next planned to take an expedition to the North Pole and explore the Arctic Basin. Finding it difficult to raise funds, when he heard in 1909 that the
Roald_Amundsen
Land area where water converges to a common outlet
drainage basin are catchment area, catchment basin, drainage area, river basin, water catchment, water basin, and impluvium. A drainage basin's boundaries
Drainage_basin
Type of aquaculture
Archived from the original on 2021-12-21. "Lighthouse for Atlantic and Arctic Basin | PHAROS | Project | Fact Sheet | HORIZON". CORDIS | European Commission
Integrated multi-trophic aquaculture
Integrated_multi-trophic_aquaculture
world. The other 17% – an area larger than the basin of the Arctic Ocean – drains to internal endorheic basins. There are also substantial areas of the world
List of drainage basins by area
List_of_drainage_basins_by_area
River in Russia
flow into the Arctic Ocean, the others being Ob and Yenisey. The Lena River is 4,294 km (2,668 mi) long and has a capacious drainage basin of 2,490,000 km2
Lena_River
Finnish engineering company
Arctic Research Centre (WARC), inaugurated in February 1983, was intended to become the leading ice model test facility in the world. The model basin
Railo_Technology
Oceanic trench in the Arctic Ocean
second deepest point in the Arctic Ocean after Molloy Deep. The Litke Deep is located in the southwestern part of the Eurasian Basin, which stretches from northeastern
Litke_Deep
Arctic waterway lying between Greenland and Canada
Kane Basin (Danish: Kane Bassin; French: Bassin (de) Kane) is an Arctic waterway lying between Greenland and Ellesmere Island, Canada's northernmost. It
Kane_Basin
Between the eight Arctic nations
Arctic cooperation and politics are partially coordinated via the Arctic Council, composed of the eight Arctic states: the United States, Canada, Iceland
Arctic cooperation and politics
Arctic_cooperation_and_politics
Baleen whale endemic to the Arctic
whale (Balaena mysticetus), sometimes known as the Greenland right whale, Arctic whale, and polar whale, is a species of baleen whale belonging to the family
Bowhead_whale
Marginal sea of the Arctic Ocean
The Barents Sea is a marginal sea of the Arctic Ocean, located off the northern coasts of Norway and Russia and divided between Norwegian and Russian territorial
Barents_Sea
This is a list of Arctic expeditions. 1472: Didrik Pining and Hans Pothorst mark the first of the cartographic expeditions to Greenland 1496: Grigory Istoma
List_of_Arctic_expeditions
Drainage divide on a continent
on a continent such that the drainage basin on one side of the divide feeds into one ocean or sea, and the basin on the other side either feeds into a
Continental_divide
Body of water in the Arctic Ocean
surrounding the Lincoln Sea. Along the continental margins of the Arctic Ocean basin, narrow boundary currents are hypothesized to house intense large-scale
Lincoln_Sea
Atlantic water in the Arctic. Warmer and saltier Atlantic water is extending its reach northward into the Arctic Ocean. The Arctic Ocean is becoming warmer
Atlantification_of_the_Arctic
Intergovernmental forum for the Arctic
Arctic Council is a high-level intergovernmental forum that addresses issues faced by the Arctic governments and the indigenous people of the Arctic region
Arctic_Council
National park in Alaska, United States
Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve is a national park of the United States that protects portions of the Central Brooks Range in northern Alaska
Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve
Gates_of_the_Arctic_National_Park_and_Preserve
Species of hydrozoan
This hydromedusae relates to сircumpolar Arctic-boreal species. It is found in the seas of the Arctic basin (Barents sea, Kara sea, Bering sea), in north
Bougainvillia_superciliaris
Nature reserve in Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia
diversity of Arctic Sea islands of the eastern part of the Kara Sea. The Pyasina section. Includes the Pyasina Bay and the Pyasina river basin. The Middendorff
Great Arctic State Nature Reserve
Great_Arctic_State_Nature_Reserve
Desert in the western United States
The Great Basin Desert is part of the Great Basin between the Sierra Nevada and the Wasatch Range in the western United States. The desert is a geographical
Great_Basin_Desert
United States Air Force unit (1948–1957)
(IGY) of 1957–58 and beyond. Over the years, T-3 drifted across the Arctic basin, leaving the zone of AAC support periodically. During the IGY, when T-3
5001st_Composite_Wing
Species of mutli-cellular organisms
Central Arctic Ocean. largely occupies the Central Arctic Ocean due to its perennial sea-ice conditions. There are recorded occurrences in Nansen Basin, Amundsen
Acetabulastoma_arcticum
United States Navy organization
emplacement, Battery Whistler, into an Arctic Submarine Laboratory. Scientific exploration of the Arctic Basin, and particularly providing the capability
Navy_Electronics_Laboratory
000 km2). The largest cold desert is the Great Basin Desert, which encompasses much of the northern Basin and Range Province, north of the Mojave Desert
List of North American deserts
List_of_North_American_deserts
Genus of deep-sea bivalve molluscs
from the Mediterranean Sea to the Atlantic Ocean and north into the Arctic basin. The shell structure of Isorropodon is usually small, fragile, thin,
Isorropodon
German oceanographer
für Erdkunde. Berlin 1941, pp. 163-180 (Relief and bottom water in the Arctic Basin). Georg Wüst: "Die morphologischen und ozeanographischen Verhältnisse
Georg_Wüst
Sedimentary basin in the Barents Sea
71°N 46°E / 71°N 46°E / 71; 46 The Barents Basin or East Barents Basin is a sedimentary basin underlying the eastern half of the Barents Sea. Lying
Barents_Basin
May 26: A GUSMP Li-2 (CCCP-Н535) crashed on an ice floe in the central Arctic basin after the right side landing gear struck an ice hummock and broke; the
List of accidents and incidents involving the DC-3 in 1955
List_of_accidents_and_incidents_involving_the_DC-3_in_1955
Stand of trees displaced from their normal vertical alignment
induced by humans due to deforestation. Sater, John E. (1969). The Arctic Basin. Arctic Institute of North America. p. 102. A thermokarst lake often has
Drunken_trees
The South Kara basin is part of the Arctic shelf of Russia, associated with the Kara Sea. It is covered with Permian-Quaternary deposits over 10 km thick
South_Kara_basin
River in Northwest Russia
sixth-longest river in Europe. Flowing from Northwest Russia and into the Arctic Ocean, it lies mostly in the Komi Republic but the northernmost part crosses
Pechora_(river)
Oceanic division
conjugate margins, Newfoundland and Iberia, and to the north by the Arctic Eurasian Basin. The opening of the North Atlantic closely followed the margins
Atlantic_Ocean
Waterway in Alaska
across it, separates this basin from the drainage of the Kugruk River of the Arctic region. Many of the tributaries of Arctic River were staked by gold
Arctic_River
Biogeographic region in Northern Canada
The Canadian Arctic tundra is a biogeographic designation for Northern Canada's terrain generally lying north of the tree line or boreal forest, that corresponds
Canadian_Arctic_tundra
Arctic sea passage between Greenland and Canada
81°30′N 63°00′W / 81.500°N 63.000°W / 81.500; -63.000 (Hall Basin) Hall Basin is an Arctic waterway between Hall Land in Greenland to the east and Canada's
Hall_Basin
Town in the Komi Republic, Russia
the Komi Republic of Russia, situated just north of the Arctic Circle in the Pechora coal basin, at the river Vorkuta. Population: 56,985 (2021 census);
Vorkuta
Russian oceanographer
Chelyuskin (1934). He was the first one to create a bathymetric map of the Arctic basin. Yakov Gakkel was awarded two orders and several medals during his scientific
Yakov_Gakkel
oceanic basins (the other elements being an elevated mid-ocean ridge and flanking abyssal hills). In addition to these elements, active oceanic basins (those
List of submarine topographical features
List_of_submarine_topographical_features
Mid-oceanic ridge under the Arctic Ocean
American Plate and the Eurasian Plate. It is located in the Eurasian Basin of the Arctic Ocean, between Greenland and Siberia. Geologically, it connects the
Gakkel_Ridge
Canadian family of commerce and politics
in charge of several H.B.C. posts and districts in the Pacific and Arctic basins, and was chief factor of the Mackenzie River district from 1868 until
Hardisty_family
Species of fish
in the Arctic rivers from the Kola Peninsula (White Sea basin) eastward across Siberia to the Anadyr River and also in the North American basins of the
Nelma
Point where three drainage basins meet
endorheic basins. In Northeastern Mongolia, the endoheric basin meets the watersheds of the Selenga and the Amur, rivers that flow to the Arctic and the
Triple_divide
Body of water in Nunavut, Canada
Boothia, Nunavut: Implications for Ringed Seal and Polar Bear Habitat". Arctic. 57 (1): 1–14. doi:10.14430/arctic478. Markham, Albert Hastings; Osborn
Gulf_of_Boothia
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