The Arctic Archipelago, also known as the Canadian Arctic Archipelago, is an archipelago lying to the north of the Canadian continental mainland, excluding Greenland and Iceland. Situated in the northern extremity of North America and covering about 1,424,500 km², this group of 36,563 islands, surrounded by the Arctic Ocean, comprises much of Norther…The Arctic Archipelago, also known as the Canadian Arctic Archipelago, is an archipelago lying to the north of the Canadian continental mainland, excluding Greenland and Iceland. Situated in the northern extremity of North America and covering about 1,424,500 km², this group of 36,563 islands, surrounded by the Arctic Ocean, comprises much of Northern Canada, predominately Nunavut and the Northwest Territories. The archipelago is showing some effects of climate change, with some computer estimates determining that melting there will contribute 3.5 cm to the rise in sea levels by 2100.
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