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Arctic Statistics: As sea ice melts in the summer, it exposes the dark ocean surface. Instead of reflecting 80 percent of the sunlight, the ocean absorbs 90 percent of the sunlight. What makes the South Pole so much colder than the North Pole is that it sits on top of a very thick ice sheet, which is a continent. The surface of the ice sheet at the South Pole is more than 9,000 feet in elevation--more than a mile and a half above sea level.

Facts about the Arctic biome : 1)The very first written evidence of the study of the Arctic dates back to IV. BC, when the Greek Pipheus from Marseille sailed to the country of Thule, which, in all probability, was located far beyond the Arctic Circle.

2)Russia is the first and only country using the so-called drifting polar stations.

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4)Despite the low temperature, there is life here in the Arctic.

5)Thanks to the interaction of these species, an interesting food chain has emerged: crustaceans - fish - birds - seals - polar bears.

6)Unfortunately, interest in the North Pole and the adjacent territories is not at all due to its tremendous value for scientific research, but to the presence of the Arctic shelf, in which, as scientists believe, lies over 100 billion tons of oil and gas, not to mention minerals.

The danger for Arctic: 1)Climate change. 2)Search and production of oil. 3)Shelf battle. 4)Industrial pollution. 5) greenhouse productions

Arctic located: The Arctic is a region of the planet, north of the Arctic Circle, and includes the Arctic Ocean, Greenland, Iceland, Baffin Island, other smaller northern islands, and the far northern parts of Europe, Russia (Siberia), Alaska and Canada.

Animals in Arctic: The animals include the reindeer, polar bear, Moose, Arctic fox, narwhal, walrus, seal, ox, moose, orca, Baluga whale and snowy owl. This small, white fox lives farther north than any other land animal.