The Trump administration is eying the possibility of oil leasing in Arctic Ocean areas more than 200 miles from shore, an ...

A new seafloor map reveals an area in the Arctic Ocean twice the size of France and six times the size of England. This addition contributes to the Seabed 2030 project, which aims to map the ...

The Arctic Ocean (Figure 1), the smallest of the world's five major oceans, is about 4000km (2500 miles) long and 2400km (1500 miles) wide, about the size of the continental USA. It lies entirely ...

and Danish claims overlapping each other over an area covering much of the Arctic Ocean. Out of an area of approximately 2.8 million square kilometers located outside of the Arctic nations ...

With much of it covered in ice all year round and with no daylight from October to March, the Arctic Ocean is one of the world's most remarkable oceans. It's home to a multitude of unique life ...

A rush to extract natural resources from the Arctic Ocean is heating up as global warming makes more and more of it accessible. Below is a map highlighting major oil and gas fields and the two ...

Perhaps the most defining feature of the Arctic Ocean today is the vast expanse of sea ice that coats the surface, choking straits and grounding on the polar coasts. The extent of sea ice ...

With much of it covered in ice all year round and with no daylight from October to March, the Arctic Ocean is one of the world's most remarkable oceans. It's home to a multitude of unique life ...

New research suggests continued global warming could put a major Arctic ocean current in serious trouble ... The Beaufort Gyre in Canada The Beaufort Gyre is located in the west of the North ...

The extent of polar ice in the Arctic Ocean shrank in the winter of 2025 to its smallest extent since measurements began in 1979.

However, since the formation is located deep under the water ... light on the largely unexplored areas beneath the ocean’s surface in the Arctic region. The Coast Guard Cutter Healy is the ...

The extent of polar ice in the Arctic Ocean shrank in the winter of 2025 to ... and the smallest on record based on data available from 1979. A map provided by the report showed that the sea ...