Dig straight down from the middle of the Arctic Ocean 🌊 and you would come out on the exact opposite side of the globe — in Antarctica 🇦🇶. Below are the Arctic Ocean's key facts and a closer look at its antipode.
| Area | 5,257,216 km² (2,029,822 sq mi) |
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| Bordering countries | Canada 🇨🇦 · Russia 🇷🇺 · Norway 🇳🇴 · Greenland 🇬🇱 · United States of America 🇺🇸 |
| Also written | océano Ártico (es) · océan Arctique (fr) · 北冰洋 (zh) · المحيط المتجمد الشمالي (ar) · Северный Ледовитый океан (ru) · 北極海 (ja) |
Taken from the middle of the Arctic Ocean, that point sits at 80.6033° S, 41.9274° E. The closest town to it is Amundsen–Scott South Pole Station, Antarctica, about 1,045 km (649 miles) away.
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