A snowy landscape of Inari located in Lapland The climate of the Arctic region is characterized by cold winters and cool summers. Its precipitation mostly comes in the form of sno

5 days ago · Arctic, northernmost region of Earth, centered on the North Pole and characterized by distinctively polar conditions of climate, plant and animal life, and other physical features. The term is …

Situated at the northernmost part of our planet, the Arctic is a meeting point of the European, north America and Asian continents. At its heart is ocean spanning 15.6 million square km (6 million …

The Arctic is a frozen ocean surrounded by land that has been covered in ice year-round for the last 5,500 years.

Learn about what NOAA is working on in the Arctic. This annually published peer reviewed report gathers the latest science from top experts to track changes in the Arctic.

6 days ago · The Arctic is changing rapidly, and scientists have uncovered a powerful mix of natural and human-driven processes fueling that change. Cracks in sea ice release heat and pollutants that form ...

Dec 4, 2024 · Learn about the geography of the Arctic, the people who live there, and the Arctic anthropology and archaeology research Smithsonian is doing.

Dec 23, 2025 · The Arctic is transforming faster and with more far-reaching consequences than scientists expected just 20 years ago, when the first Arctic Report Card assessed the state of Earth's …

It consists of the ice-covered Arctic Ocean and surrounding land, including all of Greenland and Spitsbergen, and the northern parts of Alaska, Canada, Norway, and Russia.

Most scientists define the Arctic as the area within the Arctic Circle, a line of latitude approximately 66.3° north of the Equator. Within this circle are the Arctic ocean basin and the northern parts of …