Arctic Facts
The Arctic is located at the top of the planet and home to the north pole. Following are the interesting arctic facts we know.
Arctic Facts
Although the Arctic has a huge sea, this isn’t the place to get a suntan. With freezing temperatures, the idea of bathing suit is simply preposterous. Here are some arctic facts to contemplate.
- The Arctic is all of the area on Earth located about latitude 66 degrees, 33 North.
- The Arctic is primarily a thick flow of ice over an ocean.
- The land from the north pole down to the northern forests are known as the tundra.
- The Arctic includes Greenland, which is covered by a 1 mile thick slab of ice.
- Greenland received its name from the Vikings who were trying to attract settlers. Most of the Viking settlers died.
- More fish live along the edges of the Arctic ocean than anywhere else on Earth.
- The Arctic ice sheet is four times as large as the state of Texas.
- The Arctic Ocean is the world’s smallest one.
- It is roughly 8 percent the size of the Pacific Ocean.
- The average winter temperature is minus 30 degrees Fahrenheit.
- During summer, the temperature can climb to plus 50 degrees.
- The Arctic gets roughly 8 inches of rain a year.
- The Arctic is the only place polar bears live.
- Unlike Antarctica, people live in the Arctic Circle.
- Norilsk, Russia is the farthest northern city and the coldest with an average temperature twenty degrees below zero. Yes, average!
- The Titanic struck an iceberg from the Arctic.
Although the Arctic and Antarctica seem similar at first glance, these Arctic facts show differences. Whereas Antarctica is a barren land, the Arctic has life.
