Arctic region

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The Arctic region is the Earth's northernmost polar area, characterized by extreme cold, sea ice, tundra landscapes, and unique ecosystems adapted to long periods of darkness and light.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf ecosystem
geographical region
polar region
affectedBy climate change
borderedBy subarctic region
definedBy 10 °C July isotherm
Arctic Circle
experiences rapid warming
sea ice loss
governedBy United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea
hasCharacteristic extreme cold
long periods of darkness
long periods of daylight
sea ice
tundra landscapes
hasClimate polar climate
hasEcosystem Arctic tundra
polar desert
sea ice ecosystem
hasFeature midnight sun
pack ice
permafrost
polar night
hasIndigenousGroup Inuit
Nenets
Sámi
hasNaturalResource fisheries
minerals
natural gas
oil
hasResearchFocus climate science
glaciology
marine biology
includes Arctic Ocean
Iceland
parts of Canada
parts of Finland
parts of Greenland
parts of Norway
parts of Russia
parts of Sweden
parts of the United States (Alaska)
inhabitedBy Arctic foxes
indigenous peoples
migratory birds
polar bears
seals
walruses
whales
locatedIn Northern Hemisphere

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Northern Hemisphere contains Arctic region
Northern Hemisphere containsPoint North Pole
linked to: Arctic region
Flag of the United Nations mapCenter North Pole
linked to: Arctic region
Alaska locatedIn Arctic region
Inupiaq spokenIn Arctic Canada
linked to: Arctic region
Inupiaq region Arctic
linked to: Arctic region
Hudson Strait locatedIn Arctic region
North Pole locatedIn Arctic region
Northwest Passage locatedIn Arctic region
Northwest Passage traverses Arctic Canada
linked to: Arctic region
Bering Strait climateZone Arctic
linked to: Arctic region
Greenland Sea locatedIn Arctic region
Northern Norway locatedIn Arctic region
Inuit ethnographicRegion Arctic
linked to: Arctic region
Baffin Bay locatedInRegion Arctic
linked to: Arctic region
Barents Sea locatedIn Arctic region
Greenland locatedIn Arctic region
Northwest Territories locatedIn Arctic region
Nunavut locatedIn Arctic region
North Slope Borough locatedIn Arctic region
North American Aerospace Defense Command regionServed North American Arctic
linked to: Arctic region
Northwest Arctic Borough locatedIn Arctic region
North Atlantic area borderedBy Arctic region
Beaufort Sea locatedIn Arctic region
Hudson Bay locatedIn Arctic region
Prudhoe Bay, Alaska, United States region Arctic
linked to: Arctic region
Chukchi Sea locatedIn Arctic region
East Siberian Sea borderedBy Russian Arctic coast
linked to: Arctic region
East Siberian Sea partOf Russian Arctic seas
linked to: Arctic region
Brooks Range partOf Arctic region
Brooks Range climate Arctic
linked to: Arctic region
Kara Sea locatedIn Russian Arctic
linked to: Arctic region
Lincoln Sea locatedIn High Arctic
linked to: Arctic region
Davis Strait locatedIn Arctic region
Frozen Planet filmingLocation Arctic
linked to: Arctic region
Nansen Basin oceanRegion Eurasian Arctic
linked to: Arctic region
Robert Bylot areaOfActivity Canadian Arctic
linked to: Arctic region
Chamisso Island region Arctic
linked to: Arctic region
Petsamo, Finland locatedIn Arctic region
Christian missionary movements hasGeographicScope Arctic regions
linked to: Arctic region
Eskimo–Aleut languages spokenIn Arctic region
Eskimo–Aleut languages geographicDistribution Circumpolar Arctic
linked to: Arctic region
Svalbard locatedIn High Arctic
linked to: Arctic region
Greenland and Svalbard hasEcosystem Arctic tundra
linked to: Arctic region
Eurasian Basin oceanRegion Eurasian Arctic
linked to: Arctic region
Scott Polar Research Institute collectionFocus Arctic
linked to: Arctic region
Marie Tharp Ridge locatedIn Arctic region
NATO naval forces operatesIn Arctic region