Despite the freezing-cold temperatures, approximately four million people call this wintery wonderland home! Amongst these are the indigenous people of the Arctic, called the ‘ Inuits‘. They’ve found ingenious ways to survive in one of the harshest environments on our planet. On 2 August 2007, two Russian bathyscaphes, MIR-1 and MIR-2, for the first time in history descended to the Arctic seabed beneath the North Pole and placed there a Russian flag made of rust-proof titanium alloy. The flag-placing during Arktika 2007 generated commentary on and concern for a race for control of the Arctic's vast hydrocarbon resources. [30] Map of the Arctic region showing the Northeast Passage, the Northern Sea Route within it, and the Northwest Passage. During the Cretaceous time period, the Arctic still had seasonal snows, though only a light dusting and not enough to permanently hinder plant growth. Animals such as the Chasmosaurus, Hypacrosaurus, Troodon, and Edmontosaurus may have all migrated north to take advantage of the summer growing season, and migrated south to warmer climes when winter came. A similar situation may also have been found amongst dinosaurs that lived in Antarctic regions, such as the Muttaburrasaurus of Australia. The word Arctic comes from the Greek word ἀρκτικός ( arktikos), "near the Bear, northern" [4] and from the word ἄρκτος ( arktos), meaning bear. [5] The name refers either to the constellation Ursa Major, the "Great Bear", which is prominent in the northern portion of the celestial sphere, or to the constellation Ursa Minor, the "Little Bear", which contains the celestial north pole (currently very near Polaris, the current north Pole Star, or North Star). [6] Society, National Geographic (6 October 2016). "Arctic". National Geographic Society. Archived from the original on 3 June 2020 . Retrieved 11 June 2020.

Lenton, T. M.; Held, H.; Kriegler, E.; Hall, J. W.; Lucht, W.; Rahmstorf, S.; Schellnhuber, H. J. (2008). "Inaugural Article: Tipping elements in the Earth's climate system". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 105 (6): 1786–93. Bibcode: 2008PNAS..105.1786L. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0705414105. PMC 2538841. PMID 18258748. The Edmonton Journal (9 April 2006). "Northwest Passage gets political name change". Canada.com. Archived from the original on 2 April 2016 . Retrieved 31 May 2015. Arctic lands [ edit ] Baffin Island, Nunavut Uummannaq Island, Greenland Nenets reindeer herders in the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug Kotzebue, Alaska Murmansk on Russia's Kola Peninsula is the largest city in the world north of the Arctic Circle. Geographic DesignationTuretsky, Merritt R. (30 April 2019). "Permafrost collapse is accelerating carbon release". Nature. 569 (7754): 32–34. Bibcode: 2019Natur.569...32T. doi: 10.1038/d41586-019-01313-4. PMID 31040419. Arctic life is characterized by adaptation to short growing seasons with long periods of sunlight, and cold, dark, snow-covered winter conditions. A little equalization can go a long way, but if you don't want to fine-tune each game you play, the default settings are fine. Alatalo, Juha M.; Jägerbrand, Annika K.; Molau, Ulf (1 November 2015). "Testing reliability of short-term responses to predict longer-term responses of bryophytes and lichens to environmental change". Ecological Indicators. 58: 77–85. doi: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2015.05.050. One of the SteelSeries Arctis 5’s key features is its virtual 7.1 surround sound, which uses DTS Headphone:X v2.0 (some of SteelSeries other headsets, such as the Arctis 3 use Windows Sonic). As a DTS exec explains on SteelSeries.com, DTS Headphone:X v2.0 “takes a game’s audio from objects or multichannel streams and re-creates them so it no longer is simply basic stereo” for a 3D audio experience.

Abrupt Climate Change Focus Of U.S. National Laboratories". Science Daily. 23 September 2008. Archived from the original on 23 June 2017 . Retrieved 28 February 2018. Harper, Douglas. "Antarctic". Online Etymology Dictionary. Archived from the original on 13 January 2012 . Retrieved 16 November 2011. North Pole drifting stations (1930s–1980s)". Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. Archived from the original on 20 July 2011 . Retrieved 30 April 2009. Main article: Arctic cooperation and politics Polar bears on the sea ice of the Arctic Ocean, near the North Pole. USS Honolulu pictured.United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (Annex 2, Article 4)". Archived from the original on 16 July 2007 . Retrieved 26 July 2007. Because it allows you to easily adjust volume, the Chatmix dial will please gamers who are often communicating with their companions on the battleground. I personally didn’t find a major need to use the dial frequently, as I was typically able to hear my teammates’ voices properly without adjusting the dial and vice versa. Commercial fishing banned in central Arctic Ocean as countries look to build scientific knowledge". July 13, 2021. The Arctic contains some of the last and most extensive continuous wilderness areas in the world, and its significance in preserving biodiversity and genotypes is considerable. The increasing presence of humans fragments vital habitats. The Arctic is particularly susceptible to the abrasion of groundcover and to the disturbance of the rare breeding grounds of the animals that are characteristic to the region. The Arctic also holds 1/5 of the Earth's water supply. [15] Paleontology [ edit ] Marine fossils in Canadian Arctic

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Boswell, Randy (28 May 2008). "Conference could mark start of Arctic power struggle". canada.com. Archived from the original on 4 March 2009 . Retrieved 6 June 2008. The good news is that there’s a very comfortable amount of distance between the main cord and the ChatMix dial. This allowed me to keep the dial about an arm’s length away, which is perfect for being able to reach it when necessary and make sure it didn’t interfere with any movements or my best gaming mouse when I didn't need it. However, I couldn’t hear any difference between having the 7.1 surround sound on or off in games. This isn’t a massive disappointment, considering the sound quality of the cans without the feature, but the surround sound is also partially what you’re paying for here. Similarly, there wasn’t any obvious difference in having the Stereo profile on or off. Gibbon, Guy E.; Kenneth M. Ames (1998). Archaeology of prehistoric native America: an encyclopedia. Vol.1537 of Garland reference library of the humanities. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 978-0-8153-0725-9. Overall, the audio quality during gameplay was decent. I usually kept my volume controls at maximum, where it was loud but just short of uncomfortable. This was my ideal setting, as I felt the urge to increase the volume when I turned it down even a little bit.