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Arctic Basin

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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 ridge running between north Greenland and the New Siberian Islands. The basin is bordered by the continental shelves of Eurasia and North America.

Contents

  • The Eurasian Basin (also Norwegian Basin) consists of the Nansen Basin (formerly: Fram Basin) and the Amundsen Basin
  • The Amerasian Basin consists of the Canada Basin and the Makarov Basin

    • Arctic basin weather sea ice update part a


    History

    There was an expedition to the North Polar Basin by Fridtjof Nansen and Otto Sverdrup in the Fram in 1893–1896. Roald Amundsen sailed across the North Polar Basin between 1922 and 1924.

    References

    Arctic Basin Wikipedia
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