Unlike the Antarctic, which is a vast and inhabited continent surrounded by an ocean, the Arctic is a maritime space surrounded by land which has been inhabited by people for thousands of years and which belongs to sovereign countries.
Spre deosebire de Antarctica, care este un continent vast şi nelocuit, înconjurat de un ocean, regiunea arctică este un spaţiu maritim, înconjurat de pământ care a fost locuit de oameni de mii de ani şi care aparţine unor ţări suverane.