Arctic Ocean

Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)

that part of the water surface of the earth which surrounds the North Pole, and washes the northern shores of Europe, Asia, and America; its southern boundary roughly coinciding co with the Arctic circle (lat. (lat. 66° 32′ N.). It incloses many large islands, and contains large bays and gulfs which deeply indent the northern shores of the three continents. 140° A 130° C 120° 110° E 100° D F G. of Tartary N A Upper Tunguska Lena R Wiljuisk 150° SL Shigansk Yakutsk Okhotsk N Olenck-R S Lena R 2 KOMTS. 4 SIBER WEST Lana TAIMIR E C.Lopatka Ajakit EAST 160° PEN. or Werchne TAIMIR . Alenil Delto KAMC Kolmysk PEN 4 Nordenskiold Petropavlovsk Taimir girka C. Chelyusk Sredne KOTELNCI I.Sea Kolmysk 3 ATK 0 R 80° R NEW SIBERIA IS. 4 R C 170° OMANDORSKIIS S NEW SIBERIA Oliutorsk B. EASTE NANSEN LEFT FRAM Oliutorsk ৬৪ Anadir \R. C. Oliutorsky NEAR IS. BERING MARCH 14 139,5 JEANETTE SUNK Anadirsk 4 NANSEN S JUNE 12, 1881 ALUN FARTHEST NORTH T WRANGEL I. ABRUZZI S ALEUTIAN ISLANDS 180° 60° NORTH 85° 70 Gulf of Anadir EA PEARY ST LAWRENCE Michael POLE ST.MATTHEW I. RC APRIL 6, 1909 Fast PRIBILOFF IS. C 5 C. Romantoff C Pt. Barrow ing Str. Nomens 851 NUNIVAK PEARY 84 Botzel C. Lisburné Norton Sd. PS C.Pr. of APRIL A I Kuskokwim of Yukor Mts. Yukon Ndatak R. 170° Colville R Amukta BEAUFORT UMNAKE PRIPATRICK ELLEF RINGNES Unimak Paso.. Andreat UNALASKA Bristol Bay Camden Б Mackenzie B. PARRY ISLANDS AXEL ukun HEIBERS afski LD Pr. Alfred 6 ALASKA PENINSULA Sanana Eagle Dawson SEA C. Bathurst Mt. McKinley BATHUR MELVIKER ANKS Velvill McClintock سائر 1609 Fairbanksi ID C. Parry Valdez ANDEP AFOGNAK I. KODIAK I. Seward AND Chan. H REGION My St. Elias RORO D WOLLASTON LAND ND Ft.Selkirk Ft.Simpson Lackenzie 7 LAND Magnatic / CHICHAGOFI 70 KGA BOOTHIA A Great Bear L. Dyea Skagway M White Horse BARANOF I Dizon Sitka PR. OF WALES Entrance 150° d CHARLOTTE Chesterfield ON QUEEN 8 Great Stave L Ft. Resolution OF IS A 140° 130° 110° E D B 100° F 90 C 120° Copyright, L. L. Poates Eng. Co., 1921 50° Greenw. L J East 60° from K 40° 80° H Long. 70° M G E Beresofb A Obdors ૫ળ ! । U 30° Petchora R St. Petersburg Archangel Mezen 2 Onega Kara Str R Helsingfor Narva KARA KANIN Konigsberg KOLGUEVI SEA C. Ravin GERMAN EMPIRE Riga O 20 Revel ZEMBLA G Danzig KOLA P Libaus Sea EFINLAND BO PEN. Varanger Tata B. INOVAZ Abo Torne BALTIC SEA LAPLAND Kola Stettin Hamburg Gulf of Bo 101101/20 FRANZ JOSE Stockholn Farlskrona LAND WED North C. Z Christiania Bergeu 10 NORTHEAS ALEXANDRA I. SEVEN IS. Amsterdam NORW Hammerfest Brussels me BELGIUM Lubeck NORTH DENMARK HOLLANDE LOFODEN IS SPI ZEERGEN DIS nhagenbur South C. Trondhjem n ARCTIC Hagne 4 Christiansand , 1900 SEA 86°34 Hull ELVIELE DEARY 83 50 Greenland Meridian of Greenwi ich 80° 85° MAY, 1900 SHETLAND IS.360 70 CIRCLE JAN MAYEN I 11906 FAROE IS. ENGLAND LAND SHANNON I. HUDSON vas uposunT ORKNEY IS. Bristol Djupivog Glasgow OCEA NAEBRIONS blin Cork Bri CELAND Horn ISLES Dubli Galway 5 Brewster IRELAND Akureyri BRITISH KING WILLIAM 11 1902 LANDS Macla HALL KO 100 G-R GRANT LO. CLESMERE LD Denmark Str. HAYES PEN. Petermann's Reikinvik C. York 6 Upernavik Smith hristianshaab CIPISTIAN IX KING ARCTIC Umanak LAND L BAFFIN 20° NORTH REGIONS EDEVON BAY A ATLANTIC C. Adair DISKO COCKBUR BAFFIN ✓ Godhavn Scale of Miles KING FREDERIK VI COAST Frederiksdal Farewell #N. Herrnhut 0 100 200 400 GOO LAND 7 Pole VIS STRAIT RESOLUTIONS. Fredrikshaab ..... McClure, 1850-53 MELVIL 2 German Expeditions, 1869-70 LAND Fox Chan. PENT PENA umberland Sd. * Nordenskiold, 1878-79 30° 0-0-0-0-0-0- De Long. 1881. LUKE Nansen, -1893-96 FLANC SOU Nee Hudson Strait C.Chudleigh +-+-+- Sverdrup, 1898-1902 SOUTHAMPTON 8 Abruzzi, 1899-1900 C Peary, 1906-1909 ° G 60° from KGreenw. 50° 80° H Long. 70° West J 40° L M