Region

The Arctic

Polar and Circumpolar Regions

The Arctic is the polar region north of the Arctic Circle, encompassing the Arctic Ocean and the northernmost fringes of North America, Europe, and Asia, much of it locked under sea ice for part of the year and warming faster than any other region on Earth. It has no permanent population center of its own; its Indigenous peoples, from the Inuit to the Sami, live across the territory of eight surrounding nations.

Facts

Disputed

Area (sq km)

14,500,000 2

Figure for the area north of the Arctic Circle; a broader definition using the 10C July isotherm instead of the fixed 66 33 N line runs well above 21 million sq km, the same boundary dispute already carried on this entity own description.

Classification

Region Type

Cultural Region 1

Region Type

Cultural Region 1

Population

4,000,000 2

Approximate, including over 30 Indigenous peoples across the eight surrounding nations.

FAQs

Which countries have territory in the Arctic?

Eight Arctic States: Canada and seven others.

Eight Arctic States take part in the Arctic Council: Canada, the Kingdom of Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, the Russian Federation, Sweden and the United States. Council decisions and statements require consensus among these eight states.

Connections

Associated With

Canada

Norway

Russia

The Arctic Ocean

Source Arctic Ocean (Wikipedia)

The Atlantic Ocean

This source names The Arctic directly: "from Europe and Africa and connecting the Arctic Ocean in the north to the Southern Ocean in the south."

Source National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

The Pacific Ocean

This source names The Arctic directly: "of Earth's oceans, stretching from the Arctic in the north to the Southern Ocean, and bounded by Asia and Australia to the west and the Americas to the east."

Source National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Demonstrates

Arctic Oscillation

Permafrost and Periglacial Processes

Continuous permafrost underlies most of the Arctic's land area.

Source Permafrost (Wikipedia)

In the Other Atlases

Origin Of

Arctic Char

Also in Food and Drink Atlas: which originated in this subject.

Reindeer

Also in Food and Drink Atlas: which originated in this subject.

Sturgeon

Also in Food and Drink Atlas: which originated in this subject.

Inuit

Also in Society and Culture Atlas: which originated in this subject.

Source Wikipedia: Inuit (people)Lead sectiontier 3

Quote, Lead section

Inuit (singular: Inuk) are a group of culturally and historically similar Indigenous peoples traditionally inhabiting the Arctic and Subarctic regions of North America and Russia, including Greenland, Labrador, Quebec, Nunavut, the Northwest Territories, Yukon (traditionally), and Alaska.