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A region between the North Pole and the northern timberlines of North America and Eurasia.

First the Arctic is an ocean, not a landmass, and because of water displacement and the density of ice versus water, the sea level would actually stay the same or decrease (this could be found in any basic chemistry book).
"The ice thickness in the Arctic has been the missing variable in being able to more accurately predict how quickly the arctic ice will melt away," he said. — YubaNet.com
Melting ice in the Arctic is a physical transformation that is drastically changing the political and economic climate of the north. — Top Stories - Google News
He explained that the Arctic is a very fragile ecosystem because its extreme climate results in little biological production and any environmental disaster would take 1,000s of years to recover from. — Top Stories - Google News
Instead, let us simply act confidently in the assurance that the Arctic is ours. — The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed