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| The Arctic Ocean is an ocean that is between Europe, Asia, North America and the North Pole. It is mostly in what is called the Arctic Circle. Its area is about 14.056 million square kilometers. In the winter it is dark and has clear skies, and in the summer the weather is damp and foggy with rain and snow. The ocean's water is covered by a polar icepack that is 3-4 meters thick with ice ridges that may be three times that thickness. The Arctic Ocean is surrounded by open seas during the summer, but the ice doubles in size during the winter. There are some weak cold air cyclones that happen when low pressure weather systems move across the ice. The floor of the ocean beneath the Arctic Ocean is an extension of the continental shelves of North Asia, Europe, and North America. | ||||||||||||||
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