Arctic Ocean

The Arctic Ocean, located mostly in the north polar region, is the smallest of the world's five oceans, and the shallowest. Even though IHO recognizes it as an ocean, oceanographers may call it the Arctic Mediterranean Sea or simply the Arctic Sea, classifying it as one of the mediterranean seas of the Atlantic Ocean.

References

Bibliography:

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• Neatby, Leslie H., Discovery in Russian and Siberian Waters 1973 ISBN 0821401246
• Ray, L., and Stonehouse, B., eds., The Arctic Ocean 1982
• Thorén, Ragnar V. A., Picture Atlas of the Arctic 1969 ISBN 0821401246

Based on public domain text by US Naval Oceanographer: http://oceanographer.navy.mil/arctic.html

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