Arctic Ocean
Location:
The Arctic Ocean is located in the North Pole Region
Size:
It covers about 5,440,000 sq. miles, and it is the smallest ocean in the world.
Interesting Information:
The Arctic Ocean is almost entirely landlocked. Europe, Asia, North America , Greenland, Barents, Beaufort, Chukchi, Kara, Latev, Lincoln, East Sierlian, wandel, number of islands, and the Norwegian Sea. It is connected to the Pacific Ocean by the Bring Strait, and is is connected to the to the Atlantic Ocean by the Greenland Sea.
Temperature and salinity very seasonally as the ice cove melts and freezes again. Year round most of it is covered in ice. When the cold air moves toward the equator it meets the warm air in the middle latitudes and that causes rain and snow.
Some of the animals that live in the Arctic Ocean are the Beluga Whale, Greenland Shark, Harp Seal, killer Whale, Narwhale, Northern Fur Seal, and the Walrus. The discovery of the Arctic Ocean is still unknown.
