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-as of [30 MARCH 2024]–
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(borders delineated by the “international hydro-graphics organization”)
(this pic is posted on the “CIA” facebook page)
(so this image probably now belongs to the ‘government’)
(as opposed to a ‘noble private non-profit’)
(principle of “eminent domain”)
(in non-physical terms)
(in the “world of ideas”)
(“on the road to fascism” – my followup title)
(“for a good cause”)
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(includes “hudson bay”)
(some of which is located south of ’57° N’)
(i assume that ‘post-columbian cartographers’ consider this the ‘southern boundary” of the ‘arctic ocean’)
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(the “arctic ocean” is the ‘smallest’ and ‘shallowest’ of the world’s ‘5 major oceans’)
(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”)
(located mostly in the ‘arctic north polar region’ in the middle of the ‘northern hemisphere’, the ‘arctic ocean’ is almost completely surrounded by ‘eurasia’ and ‘north america’)
(it is partly covered by ‘sea ice’ throughout the year and almost completely in ‘winter’)
(the arctic ocean’s ‘surface temperature’ and ‘salinity’ vary seasonally as the ‘ice cover’ melts and freezes; its ‘salinity’ is the lowest on average of the ‘5 major oceans’, due to ‘low evaporation’, ‘heavy fresh water 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%)
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(the “US national snow + ice data center” (NSIDC) uses ‘satellite data’ to provide a daily record of ‘arctic sea’ ice cover + the ‘rate of melting’ compared to an ‘average period’ / ‘specific past years’)
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🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥*we won the war* 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥