Figure 2-28. — World's northernmost city. 



Table V is a summary of geographical data worth remembering. 



Table V 

 Summary of Geographical Areas 

 Location: Areas (Goode's Atlas) 



Alaska square miles.... 58O,0UO 



Greenland do.... 837,000 



Greenland Icecap do.... 708,000 



Hudson Bav (850 miles long by 520 miles broad) do... 472,000 



Spitsbergen do.... 25,000 



Franz Josef Archipelago do.... 65,000 



r. 8. S. R. Arctic do.... 5,570,000 



Disko Island, Greenland.. do.... 3,006 



Wrangel Island do.... 1,800 



Xovava Zemlva do.... 35, 100 



Iceland do.... 39,700 



Land .\rea draining into Arctic Ocean do.... 8,000,000 



Alaska do.... 586,000 



Canadian Arctic do.... 1,000,000 



Northwest Territories do.... 1,309,600 



I.enaland, east of Yenisei do.... 3,750,000 



Heartland, west of Yenisei do.... 4,2.50,000 



Asiatic Portion, U. S. S. R do.... 7,346,000 



Mackenzie River (total length) miles.... 2,525 



Lena River (total length) do.... 2,700 



Yenisei River (total length) do.... 3,500 



Yukon River (total length) do... 2,100 



Arctic Sea square miles.... 5,500,000 



Atlantic Ocean do... 31,500,000 



Pacific Ocean do... 64,000,000 



Mediterranean Sea do.... 1 , 100,000 



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