Arctic region

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ecosystem geographical region polar region

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.

Aliases (18)

Statements (50)

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 →

Referenced by (122)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Alaska → Alpha–Mendeleev Ridge complex ("High Arctic region") → Amerasian Basin → Arctic Archipelago → Arctic National Wildlife Refuge → Baffin Island ("Canadian Arctic") → Barents Sea → Beaufort Sea → Cape Dorset ("Canadian Arctic") → Chukchi Sea → Davis Strait → Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve → Greenland → Greenland Sea → Gunnbjørn Fjeld ("Arctic") → Gydan Peninsula ("Arctic") → Hudson Bay → Hudson Strait → Iceland Sea → Kara Sea ("Russian Arctic") → Lapland → Lincoln Sea ("High Arctic") → Lofoten → Marie Tharp Ridge → Murmansk Oblast → New Siberian Islands ("High Arctic") → North Pole → North Slope Borough → Northeast Greenland National Park ("Arctic") → Northern Canada → Northern Norway → Northwest Arctic Borough → Northwest Passage → Northwest Territories → Nunavut → Nuuk ("Arctic") → Petsamo, Finland → Porsangerfjorden → Senja → Svalbard ("High Arctic") → Troms → Troms og Finnmark → Varangerhalvøya National Park →	locatedIn
Brooks Range → East Siberian Sea ("Russian Arctic seas") → Finnmarksvidda ("Arctic") → Gydan Peninsula ("Russian Arctic") → Melville Bay → Murmansk Oblast ("Russian Arctic") → New Siberian Islands ("Russian Arctic") → Northern Russia ("Russian Arctic") → Norton Sound → Rovaniemi area →	partOf
Chamisso Island ("Arctic") → International Bathymetric Chart of the Arctic Ocean ("Arctic") → Inupiaq ("Arctic") → Kalaallisut ("Arctic") → Kutchin ("Arctic") → Melville Bay ("Arctic") → North Cape ("Arctic") → Prudhoe Bay, Alaska, United States ("Arctic") → Tromsø ("Arctic Europe") →	region
Arctic Council ("Arctic") → Arctic Council → North American Aerospace Defense Command ("North American Arctic") → Office of the Languages Commissioner of Nunavut ("Canadian Arctic") →	regionServed
Inuit Circumpolar Council → NATO naval forces → Royal Norwegian Air Force →	operatesIn
East Siberian Sea ("Russian Arctic coast") → North Atlantic area →	borderedBy
Arctic Race of Norway ("Arctic") → Brooks Range ("Arctic") →	climate
Sami people ("Arctic") → Yupik ("Arctic") →	culturalArea
Kven people ("Arctic") → Naukan Yupik ("Arctic") →	culturalRegion
Baffin Bay ("Arctic") → Iqaluit ("Arctic") →	locatedInRegion
Eurasian Basin ("Eurasian Arctic") → Nansen Basin ("Eurasian Arctic") →	oceanRegion
The North Water ("Arctic") → The Terror ("Arctic") →	settingLocation
Eskimo–Aleut languages → Inupiaq ("Arctic Canada") →	spokenIn
Robert Bylot ("Canadian Arctic") →	areaOfActivity
Luke Foxe ("Canadian Arctic") →	areaOfExploration
Neney nenets →	associatedWith
White Sea ("Russian Arctic") →	belongsTo
Northern Pacific Ocean →	borders
Northern Pacific →	boundedBy
Nganasan ("Arctic") →	climateOfHomeland
Bering Strait ("Arctic") →	climateZone
Scott Polar Research Institute ("Arctic") →	collectionFocus
Northern Hemisphere →	contains
Northern Hemisphere ("North Pole") →	containsPoint
John Franklin ("Arctic Canada") →	deathPlace
Ellesmere Island ("High Arctic tundra") →	ecoregion
Inuit ("Arctic") →	ethnographicRegion
Robert McClure ("Arctic regions") →	explored
America →	extendsFrom
Frozen Planet ("Arctic") →	filmingLocation
Kanin Peninsula ("Russian Arctic") →	geographicalRegion
Eskimo–Aleut languages ("Circumpolar Arctic") →	geographicDistribution
Nansen Sound ("Arctic") →	hasCharacteristic
St. Lawrence Island ("Arctic") →	hasCulturalRegion
Greenland and Svalbard ("Arctic tundra") →	hasEcosystem
Reisa National Park ("Arctic") →	hasEcosystemType
Christian missionary movements ("Arctic regions") →	hasGeographicScope
Inuktun ("High Arctic") →	hasLinguisticArea
Radical Reformation ("Arctic") →	hasMainRegion
Ralph Plaisted expedition ("Canadian Arctic") →	hasStartingArea
Gunnbjørn Fjeld ("Arctic") →	isHighestPointOf
Bodø →	isPartOf
Flag of the United Nations ("North Pole") →	mapCenter
ICESat missions →	observes
Franklin expedition ("Canadian High Arctic") →	regionOfLoss
Polar Play Zone ("Arctic") →	theme
Amundsen–Ellsworth–Nobile expedition ("Arctic") →	tookPlaceIn
Nganasan ("Arctic tundra") →	traditionalRegion
Amundsen–Ellsworth–Nobile expedition ("North Pole region") →	traversed
Northwest Passage ("Arctic Canada") →	traverses