Arctic Basin
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The Arctic Basin (also North Polar Basin) is an oceanic basin in the Arctic Ocean, consisting of two main parts separated by the Lomonosov Ridge, a mid-ocean ridge between north Greenland and the New Siberian Islands. It is bordered by the continental shelves of Eurasia and North America.[1][2]
- The Eurasian Basin (also Norwegian Basin) consists of the Nansen Basin (formerly: Fram Basin) and the Amundsen Basin
- The Amerasia Basin consists of the Canada Basin and the Makarov Basin
Exploration
[edit]Fridtjof Nansen and Otto Sverdrup sailed the basin in the Fram from 1893 to 1896. Between 1922 and 1924, Roald Amundsen followed in the Maud.
References
[edit]- ^ Seebohm, Henry (1894). The North Polar basin. Washington: Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution.
- ^ "North Polar Basin". Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved 27 September 2012.
- Herman, Yvonne (July 1970) "Arctic Paleo-Oceanography in Late Cenozoic Time" Science (New Series) 169(3944): pp. 474–477.
- Olsson, Kristina, et al. (January 1999) "Carbon Utilization in the Eurasian Sector of the Arctic Ocean" Limnology and Oceanography 44(1): pp. 95–105.
- "Featured Explorers", World Book[permanent dead link], retrieved 17 August 2005.
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