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noctilucent
, oceans
, cryosphere
, permafrost
, penguins
, polar bears
, climate change
, norse
, inuit
, ipy
, exploration
, glaciers
, magnetic
, antarctica
, arctic
, aurora
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There are two oceans in Earth’s polar regions: the Arctic Ocean, which occupies most of the north polar region, and the Southern Ocean, which surrounds the continent of Antarctica in the south polar region.
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The cryosphere includes the parts of the Earth system where water is in its frozen (solid) form. This includes snow, sea ice, icebergs, ice shelves, glaciers, ice sheets, and permafrost soils. Approximately
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Polar exploration includes the physical exploration of the Arctic and the Antarctica. The Arctic is the area around the Earth's north pole and includes parts of Canada, Greenland, Russia, the United States
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