Arctic Basin

The Arctic Basin, also called the North Polar Basin, is a special part of the Arctic Ocean. It is an oceanic basin made up of two main sections separated by something called the Lomonosov Ridge, which is a mid-ocean ridge lying between north Greenland and the New Siberian Islands. This area is surrounded by the wide edges, known as continental shelves, of both Eurasia and North America.

One part of the Arctic Basin is called the Eurasian Basin, sometimes also named the Norwegian Basin. It includes the Nansen Basin, previously known as the Fram Basin, and the Amundsen Basin.

The other part is the Amerasia Basin, which has the Canada Basin and the Makarov Basin. These areas are important for understanding our planet's oceans and climate.

Exploration

Two famous explorers sailed across the Arctic Basin. Fridtjof Nansen and Otto Sverdrup used a ship called the Fram from 1893 to 1896. Later, between 1922 and 1924, Roald Amundsen sailed the same area in a ship named the Maud.