CONCEPT MAP

16,5 square kilometers

Disappearance of vegetation

during summer: 4 M sqaure kilometers

Fauna and flora

Increase in the water temperature

Average increaded from 3,4 °C to 5,5 °C today

During Winter: 19 M sqaure kilometers

Area

Uncertain future of Arctic Animals

ice floe

Average depth of 1,038 meters

28 000 billion tons of ice melted without regeneratig

Melting ice/ice floe

Maximum depth approximately 4,000 meters

THE ARCTIC

Impact of the global warming

sea bed of the Artcic Ocean

geographic point

22 % of the world's undiscovered hydrocarbon reserve

apperance of new deposits

bordering seas

10 % of world ail reserves

Increase in the number of icebergs

30 % of natural gaz reserves

Bordering countries

apperance of new viruses/bacteria

The largest : 175 km long by 25 km wide

Actors

Population

From 16 000 viruses population to nearly 200 000

Complicated maritime traffic in the Arctic and it's surroundings

70 000 Samis

Indigenous

Russia's little people

30 000 Lakoutes

160 000 Inuits

Scientific Community

Those who claims

NGO's

Those who owns

Arctic Council

Researchers and institutions around the world conduct scientific studies related to the Arctic's environment, climate change, and ecosystems.

governance authority including a large environmental cooperation initiated in 1991

WWF, Greenpeace, and the Arctic Institute.

China, Europe