Russian Runoff Freshens Canadian Arctic
January 9, 2012
The transpolar drift (purple arrows) is a dominant circulation feature in the Arctic Ocean that carries freshwater runoff (red arrows) from rivers in Russia across the North Pole and south towards Greenland. credit: NASA
Topics:
Environment, Oceans, Extreme points of Earth, Poles, Geography of Canada, North Pole, Arctic, Greenland, Arctic Ocean, Russia, National Aeronautics and Space Administration
