Life in the Arctic Ocean

Life in the Arctic Ocean
By Carin Ashjian, Associate Scientist
Biology Department
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

Capped with a formidable ice and snow cover, plunged into total darkness during the winter, buffeted by blizzard winds, and bitterly cold, the Arctic Ocean is one of the most inaccessible and yet beautiful environments on Earth. Life here endures some of the greatest extremes in light and temperature known to our planet. Yet despite these inhospitable conditions, the Arctic Ocean is teeming with life.

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