The six countries that bordering the Arctic, Canada, Denmark (Greenland), Iceland, Norway, Russia, and the United States (Alaska), are limited to a 200 nautical miles (370 km) exclusive economic zone off their coasts.
No country owns the geographic North Pole or the region of the
Arctic Ocean surrounding it.
Since 1937, several international polar crews established scientific settlements on the drift ice of the Arctic. The Arctic includes copious natural resources, like oil, gas and other minerals.
