雅思听力材料：北冰洋(BBC纪录片)

BBC：海洋(Oceans)

第八集：北冰洋(The Arctic Ocean)

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The Arctic Ocean

The Arctic Ocean (also called Northern Icy Ocean or Northern Ocean), located in theNorthern Hemisphere and mostly in the Arctic north polar region, is the *allest and shallowest of the world's five major oceanic divisions. The International Hydrographic Organization (IHO) recognizes it as an ocean, although some oceanographers call it the Arctic Mediterranean Sea or simply the Arctic Sea, classifying it a mediterranean sea or an estuary of the Atlantic Ocean. Alternatively, the Arctic Ocean can be seen as the northernmost part of the all-encompassing World Ocean.

Almost completely surrounded by Eurasia and North America, the Arctic Ocean is partly covered by sea icethroughout the year (and almost completely in winter). The Arctic Ocean's temperature and salinity varyseasonally as the ice cover melts and freezes; its salinity is the lowest on average of the five major oceans, due to low evaporation, heavy freshwater inflow from rivers and streams, and limited connection and outflow to surrounding oceanic waters with higher salinities. The summer shrinking of the ice has been quoted at 50%. The US National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) uses satellite data to provide a daily record of Arctic sea ice cover and the rate of melting compared to an average period and specific past years.

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