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The Arctic region is a unique area among Earth's ecosystems. The cultures in the region and the Arctic indigenous peoples have adapted to its cold and extreme conditions. Life in the Arctic includes zooplankton and phytoplankton, fish and marine mammals, birds, land animals, plants, and human societies. [3] Arctic land is bordered by the subarctic.
Arctica, or Arctida [1] is a hypothetical ancient continent which formed approximately 2.565 billion years ago in the Neoarchean era. It was made of Archaean cratons, including the Siberian Craton, with its Anabar/Aldan shields in Siberia, [2] and the Slave, Wyoming, Superior, and North Atlantic cratons in North America. [3]
The North American Arctic is composed of the northern polar regions of Alaska (USA), Northern Canada and Greenland. [1] Major bodies of water include the Arctic Ocean, Hudson Bay, the Gulf of Alaska and North Atlantic Ocean. [2] The North American Arctic lies above the Arctic Circle. [3] It is part of the Arctic, which is the northernmost ...
The nomadic migrations that were the central feature of Arctic life had become a much smaller part of life in the North. Inuit, a once self-sufficient people in an extremely harsh environment were, in the span of perhaps two generations, transformed into a small, impoverished minority, lacking skills or resources to sell to the larger economy ...
The Arctic ice cap is melting. That's just a fact. It's how to deal with this fact that is the real question. Fortunately, the U.S. Navy has a solution. Nuclear attack submarine USS Hampton ...
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Friday brings the final day of the record-breaking arctic outbreak that has frozen the central U.S., but the danger isn't over. While some areas are experiencing a slight ...
In North American mythologies, common themes include a close relation to nature and animals as well as belief in a Great Spirit that is conceived of in various ways. As anthropologists note, their great creation myths and sacred oral tradition in whole are comparable to the Christian Bible and scriptures of other major religions.
Millions of people in the eastern half of the U.S. are scrambling for jackets and gloves as temperatures nosedive thanks to a blast of frigid air from Canada. And the below-average temperatures ...