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|area	        =14.056 million sq km
|coastline      =45,389 km
|lowestpoint    =-4,665 m (Fram Basin)
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The '''Arctic Ocean''' (5.4 million square miles)<ref>The New American Desk Encyclopedia, Penguin Group, 1989</ref> is the smallest of the world's oceans; surrounds the [[North Pole]], and much of it is seasonally or permanently icebound.

It is home to [[Polar Bear|polar bear]]s, [[walrus]], [[beluga]]s, [[narwhal]]s, harp [[seal]]s, and various other Arctic wildlife.

It is bordered by [[Norway]], [[Russia]], [[Alaska]], [[Canada]], and [[Greenland]].<ref>The New American Desk Encyclopedia, Penguin Group, 1989</ref>

[[File:Two Ivory gulls in the drift ice of the arctic.jpg|thumbnail|center|300px|Two Ivory gulls in the drift ice of the Arctic Ocean]]
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