<P> The Arctic (/ ˈɑːrktɪk / or / ˈɑːrtɪk /) is a polar region located at the northernmost part of Earth . The Arctic consists of the Arctic Ocean, adjacent seas, and parts of Alaska (United States), Northern Canada, Finland, Greenland (Denmark), Iceland, Norway, Russia and Sweden . Land within the Arctic region has seasonally varying snow and ice cover, with predominantly treeless permafrost - containing tundra . Arctic seas contain seasonal sea ice in many places . </P> <P> The Arctic region is a unique area among Earth's ecosystems . For example, the cultures in the region and the Arctic indigenous peoples have adapted to its cold and extreme conditions . In recent years, Arctic sea ice decline has been caused by global warming . Life in the Arctic includes organisms living in the ice, zooplankton and phytoplankton, fish and marine mammals, birds, land animals, plants and human societies . Arctic land is bordered by the subarctic . </P>

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