| Arctic Ocean (2001) | Arctic Ocean (2003) | |
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| Area | total: 
 14.056 million sq km note: includes Baffin Bay, Barents Sea, Beaufort Sea, Chukchi Sea, East Siberian Sea, Greenland Sea, Hudson Bay, Hudson Strait, Kara Sea, Laptev Sea, Northwest Passage, and other tributary water bodies  | 
				total: 14.056 million sq km 
 note: includes Baffin Bay, Barents Sea, Beaufort Sea, Chukchi Sea, East Siberian Sea, Greenland Sea, Hudson Bay, Hudson Strait, Kara Sea, Laptev Sea, Northwest Passage, and other tributary water bodies  | 
				
| Elevation extremes | lowest point: 
 Fram Basin -4,665 m highest point: sea level 0 m  | 
				lowest point: Fram Basin -4,665 m 
 highest point: sea level 0 m  | 
				
| Transportation - note | - | sparse network of air, ocean, river, and land routes; the Northwest Passage (North America) and Northern Sea Route (Eurasia) are important seasonal waterways |