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| Arctic Ocean |
The Arctic Ocean is one of the five oceans of the world. An ocean is a large body of salt water that covers a very large part of the earth. The Arctic Ocean is in the most northern part of the world and it is very cold and icy. If you look at a map, it is above Canada, Russia, and other far northern countries of the world. |
| Asia |
the largest continent. Asia is surrounded by the Pacific, Indian, and Arctic Oceans, the Red Sea, and eastern Europe. It is in the Eastern Hemisphere. |
| Hudson Bay |
a large body of saltwater in Canada bordered by the provinces of Quebec, Ontario, and Manitoba, as well as by the territory of Nunavut. Hudson Bay is linked with both the Atlantic Ocean and the Arctic Ocean. |
| Mackenzie River |
a river in Canada flowing from Great Slave Lake west and north toward the Arctic Ocean. |
| narwhal |
Narwhals are animals that live in the cold waters of the Arctic Ocean. They are a kind of whale, but a narwhal's body looks a little more like a seal's. Male narwhals have one long tusk that sticks out from their upper jaw. It is twisted in a spiral. Narwhals do not have teeth in their mouths. |
| Nunavut |
Nunavut is a region of Canada. It is a territory in the far north, and it includes many islands in the Arctic Ocean. Nunavut is home to animals such as polar bears, walruses, and narwhal. |
| ocean |
If we talk about one ocean, we mean one part of all the vast area of salt water that covers the earth. We think of all this salt water as being divided into five areas--five different oceans--and we give each ocean its own name. There is the Atlantic Ocean, the Pacific Ocean, the Indian Ocean, the Arctic Ocean, and the Southern Ocean. Each of these oceans is very, very large. [1/2 definitions] |
| pack1 |
A pack is a large area of floating ice such as one can find in the Arctic Ocean. [1/13 definitions] |
| Ural Mountains |
a mountain range in Russia, extending from the Arctic Ocean to near the Caspian Sea and forming a border between Europe and Asia; Urals. |
| Yenisei River |
a major river, located primarily in Russia. It begins in the mountains of Mongolia, flows north through Siberia, and empties into the Arctic Ocean. |
| Yukon |
a territory of northwest Canada. It borders Alaska on the west, British Columbia on the South, the Northwest Territories on the east, and the Arctic Ocean on the north. Its capital is Whitehorse. [1/2 definitions] |
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