Arctic Ocean

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noun

an ocean N of North America, Asia, and the Arctic Circle. About 5,540,000 sq. mi. (14,350,000 sq. km).

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How to use Arctic Ocean in a sentence

These brave souls took an icy dip in the ocean to ring in 2015 and raise money for charity.
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Miles of Soviet era housing projects sat along on the ocean.
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Fidel jumped out and hopped into the ocean without getting wet.
The Life and Hard Times Of The Family A Cuban Defector Left Behind|Brin-Jonathan Butler|December 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Two years into an Arctic expedition, they were forced to abandon ship a thousand miles north of Siberia.
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At Studio Stagetti, I shot a man with more picks and axes than I have ever seen outside an arctic expedition.
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They are so rich in harmony, so weird, so wild, that when you hear them you are like a sea-weed cast upon the bosom of the ocean.
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It was depressing to think of going to bed in such circumstances with the yelling of an Arctic storm for a lullaby.
The Giant of the North|R.M. Ballantyne
When it cleared, the valley was a solid expanse of white, and the stars shone out as if in an Arctic sky.
Ramona|Helen Hunt Jackson
His soul was tossed on the billows of a tempestuous ocean, in the midst of which he saw his father perishing.
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Monsieur Farival thought that Victor should have been taken out in mid-ocean in his earliest youth and drowned.
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British Dictionary definitions for Arctic Ocean

Arctic Ocean

noun

the ocean surrounding the North Pole, north of the Arctic Circle. Area: about 14 100 000 sq km (5 440 000 sq miles)

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Cultural definitions for Arctic Ocean

Arctic Ocean

The cold, ice-covered waters surrounding the North Pole, located entirely within the Arctic Circle. It contains the northernmost islands of Canada, Norway, and Russia.

notes for Arctic Ocean

Most of the Arctic Ocean is covered by solid ice, ice floes, and icebergs.