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  1. The arctic ocean surrounds the North Pole,
  2. its totla area measures 14,000,000sq km 
  3. (5,400,000sq miles). Because of the Siberian
  4. and North American rivers flowing into it, it
  5. has comparatively low salinity and freezes 
  6. readily. The Arctic Ocean has the world's 
  7. greatest concentration of nuclear submarines,
  8. but at the same time there is much scientific
  9. cooperation on exploration, especially since
  10. Russia needs Western aid to develop oil and
  11. gas in its areas.
  12.  
  13. Subject by: Vince Pike
  14.