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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Nordaust-Svalbard Nature Reserve locatedIn Arctic region
this entity surface form: Arctic
Home featuresLocation Arctic region
this entity surface form: Arctic regions
Barentsburg locatedIn Arctic region
this entity surface form: Arctic
Søraust-Svalbard Nature Reserve locatedIn Arctic region
this entity surface form: Arctic
Olonkinbyen locatedIn Arctic region
this entity surface form: Arctic
Olenyok River locatedIn Arctic region
Olenyok River climateZone Arctic region
this entity surface form: Arctic
Victoria Island locatedIn Arctic region
Edgeøya locatedIn Arctic region
this entity surface form: High Arctic
Port of Longyearbyen locatedIn Arctic region
this entity surface form: High Arctic
Forlandet National Park locatedIn Arctic region
this entity surface form: Arctic
Beerenberg isPartOf Arctic region
this entity surface form: Arctic
High North refersTo Arctic region
Severodvinsk partOf Arctic region
this entity surface form: Russian Arctic region
Cup’ig people culturalRegion Arctic region
this entity surface form: Arctic
Sassen–Bünsow Land National Park locatedIn Arctic region
this entity surface form: Arctic
College of Engineering and Mines regionServed Arctic region
this entity surface form: Arctic
Geophysical Institute operatesInRegion Arctic region
this entity surface form: Arctic
International Arctic Research Center regionServed Arctic region
this entity surface form: Arctic
Museum of the North locatedIn Arctic region
Museum of the North regionServed Arctic region
this entity surface form: Arctic
Kvitøya region Arctic region
this entity surface form: High Arctic
Bjørnøya locatedIn Arctic region
this entity surface form: Arctic
Bjørnøya region Arctic region
this entity surface form: High Arctic
Arctic tern breedingRange Arctic region
this entity surface form: High Arctic
Cup’ig culturalRegion Arctic region
this entity surface form: Arctic
Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus setting Arctic region
this entity surface form: the Arctic
Prins Karls Forland belongsTo Arctic region
Inuit Nunangat locatedIn Arctic region
this entity surface form: Arctic
Pyramiden locatedIn Arctic region
this entity surface form: Arctic
Kirovsk region Arctic region
this entity surface form: Russian Arctic
Polar Medal region Arctic region
this entity surface form: Arctic
northern Alaska locatedIn Arctic region
subject surface form: Northern Alaska
this entity surface form: Arctic
Anadyr River climateZone Arctic region
this entity surface form: Arctic
Barøya locatedIn Arctic region
Izvestiy TSIK Islands locatedIn Arctic region
this entity surface form: Russian Arctic
Polar Museum focusesOn Arctic region
this entity surface form: Arctic
1908–1909 North Pole expedition regionExplored Arctic region
this entity surface form: High Arctic
Josephine Diebitsch Peary placeOfActivity Arctic region
this entity surface form: Arctic
Kangert Lake locatedIn Arctic region
Kangert Lake hasClimateType Arctic region
this entity surface form: Arctic
“Ice Woman” for her Arctic work placeOfActivity Arctic region
subject surface form: Louise Arner Boyd
this entity surface form: Arctic
11 AF areaOfResponsibility Arctic region
subject surface form: Eleventh Air Force
3rd Wing theaterOfOperations Arctic region
Matthew Henson workLocation Arctic region
this entity surface form: Arctic regions
Standing NATO Maritime Group 1 hasOperationalArea Arctic region
this entity surface form: Arctic and High North
the Creature settingAssociatedWith Arctic region
this entity surface form: the Arctic