North Polar Basin

The North Polar Basin is an oceanic basin in the Arctic Ocean, consisting of two main parts, the Central Polar Basin and the Norwegian Basin, divided by a mid-ocean ridge lying between north Greenland and the Svalbard archipelago. The basin is bordered by the continental shelves of Eurasia and North America.

Related Topics:
Oceanic basin - Arctic Ocean - Central Polar Basin - Norwegian Basin - Mid-ocean ridge - Greenland - Svalbard - Continental shelves - Eurasia - North America

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There was an expedition to the North Polar Basin by Fridtjof Nansen and Otto Sverdrup in the "Fram" in 1893-1896. Roald Amundsen sailed across the North Polar Basin between 1922 and 1924. Amundsen and Lincoln Ellsworth made the first aerial crossing in 1925, in a dirigible.

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Fridtjof Nansen - Otto Sverdrup - Fram - 1893 - 1896 - Roald Amundsen - 1922 - 1924 - Lincoln Ellsworth - 1925 - Dirigible

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The North Polar Basin may also refer to a large basin in a similar location on Mars. Chryse Planitia, the landing site of the Viking 1 lander, is a bay which empties into this basin.

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Chryse Planitia - Viking 1

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