“Arctic nature and peoples desperately need environmentally sustainable management practices. A well informed and active public can help push for such practices, and these maps can help in supplying ...

"The most climate-stressed regions all contained permafrost, which is vulnerable to thaw as temperatures rise," researcher Sue Natali said.

The Arctic Ocean (Figure 1), the smallest of the world's five major oceans ... New grid of Arctic bathymetry aids scientists and map makers, Eos Trans., 81(9), 89, 93, 96 (2000).

Maps are being updated as global warming melts ice across the Arctic. Gumrf.ru Marina Migunova (file pic) is now a scientist in the Russian navy The islands found by Ms Migunova range in size from ...

What and where is it? The Arctic is an ocean surrounded by land, unlike the Antarctic at the other end of the world, which is a continent surrounded by water. Its vast territory of 21 million ...