North Polar Basin

North Polar Basin
For the region on Mars, see North Polar Basin (Mars).

The North Polar Basin is an oceanic basin in the Arctic Ocean, consisting of two main parts, the Amerasian Basin (also Central Polar Basin) and the Eurasian Basin (also Norwegian Basin), which are separated by the Lomonosov Ridge, a mid-ocean ridge running between north Greenland and the New Siberian Islands. The basin is bordered by the continental shelves of Eurasia and North America.

History

There was an expedition to the North Polar Basin by Fridtjof Nansen and Otto Sverdrup in the "Fram" in 1893-1896. Roald Amundsen sailed across the North Polar Basin between 1922 and 1924.

References

  • Seebohm, Henry (October 1893) "The North Polar Basin" The Geographical Journal 2(4): pp. 331-346
  • 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
  • "North Polar Basin" Encyclopædia Britannica [1], retrieved 17 August 2005
  • "Featured Explorers", World Book [2], retrieved 17 August 2005

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