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Arctic (Images from the Arctic regions of Russia's Chukotka Peninsula, Bering Strait, Wrangle Island UNESCO World Heritage Site, The Northwest Passage, Canada's High Arctic including Tanquary Fjord, and Greenland) – The Arctic basin is a vast network of island archipelagos, large and small, with vast stretches of continent connected by the frozen Arctic Ocean. This area is often frequently impassable and even the world’s most powerful icebreakers get stuck. The Arctic is home to indigenous peoples originating from a central Asian ancestor. Moving east they adapted to survive in this seemingly desolate place. The sea ice supports an impressive amount of biomass creating a very simple ecosystem hinged of the success of this unstable substrate. With concerns of climate change the Arctic is the literal “Hot Zone” in the climate story. Even with current changes in the Arctic, an ocean surrounded by continents, it is an area teeming with life. 200 years ago it would have seemed impossible to ever affect its abundance.
