Arctic Basin
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TheArctic Basin(alsoNorth Polar Basin) is anoceanic basinin theArctic Ocean,consisting of two main parts separated by theLomonosov Ridge,amid-ocean ridgebetween northGreenlandand theNew Siberian Islands.It is bordered by thecontinental shelvesofEurasiaandNorth America.[1][2]
- TheEurasian Basin(alsoNorwegian Basin) consists of theNansen Basin(formerly: Fram Basin) and theAmundsen Basin
- TheAmerasia Basinconsists of theCanada Basinand theMakarov Basin
Exploration
[edit]Fridtjof NansenandOtto Sverdrupsailed the basin in theFramfrom 1893 to 1896.Between 1922 and 1924,Roald Amundsenfollowed in theMaud.
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.Retrieved27 September2012.
- 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 Oceanography44(1): pp. 95–105.
- "Featured Explorers",World Book[permanent dead link],retrieved 17 August 2005.
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