Above, the Medusa-like arms of a northern basket star (right) seek a meal of zooplankton beside a polar alcyonarian soft coral in the shallows beneath an ice sheet in the Canadian Arctic.
: In polar region, apart from the bright stars seen under moon night, ever changing aurorae are making scenes after scenes of celestial display in the darkness.
Rubus chamaemorus (cloudberry) is an amber-colored berry that resembles a raspberry.It grows wild in bogs and forests, primarily in Northern Finland near the Arctic Circle.
According to the United Nations Law of the Sea, countries with territory inside the Arctic Circle can freely make use of these resources within 200 miles of their coastlines.