Arctic
The Arctic ( or ) is a polar region located at the northernmost part of Earth. The Arctic consists of the Arctic Ocean, adjacent seas, and parts of Alaska (United States), Northern Canada (Canada), Finland, Greenland (Kingdom of Denmark), Iceland, Norway, Russia and Sweden. Land within the Arctic region has seasonally varying snow and ice cover, with predominantly treeless permafrost (permanently frozen underground ice)-containing tundra. Arctic seas contain seasonal sea ice in many places.
The Arctic region is a unique area among Earth’s ecosystems. For example, the cultures in the region and the Arctic indigenous peoples have adapted to its cold and extreme conditions. In recent years, Arctic sea ice decline has been caused by global warming. Life in the Arctic includes organisms living in the ice, zooplankton and phytoplankton, fish and marine mammals, birds, land animals, plants and human societies. Arctic land is bordered by the subarctic.
Arctic (adjective)
alternative case form of Arctic
Arctic (noun)
alternative case form of Arctic
Artic (noun)
Short form of articulated lorry.
Artic (noun)
Short form of articulated bus.
Artic (noun)
misspelling of arctic
Arctic (adjective)
relating to the regions around the North Pole
“an Arctic explorer”
Arctic (adjective)
(of animals or plants) living or growing in the region around the North Pole
“Arctic plants”
Arctic (adjective)
(of weather conditions) very cold
“February brought arctic conditions”
“the arctic weather of 1981”
Arctic (noun)
the regions around the North Pole.
Arctic (noun)
a thick waterproof overshoe extending to the ankle or above.
Arctic (noun)
a drab-coloured hairy butterfly of the arctic and subarctic regions of the New World.
Artic (noun)
an articulated lorry.