ARCTIC OCEAN

THE, lics round the} North Pole, between the continents of |s Enrope, Asia, and North America, and has | | apn area of about 5} pray = ee i It is connected with the Atlantic by a/|« eae Sapoees of water to the saa of |! G and to the Pacific by Behring’s | Btrait. The ocean contains numerous jalands, the largest of which la Green land. | s On the western shores of this island many | t glaciers reach down to the soa, tho ends | ' are broken off by tho action of the waves, | ' and form icebergs. The whole ocean is /! covered by ice-ficlds, a groat part of which | | drifts about in the summer. There is abundance of animal life. Polar bears, | Arctic foxes, the ermine, musk-oxen, rein- | 1 Geer, whales, and walruses are found, and | « flocks of birds make it their sammer resort. - [s. 51]