Norwegian Sea

Norwegian Sea:

UK fighter jets intercepted a Russian maritime patrol aircraft after it “repeatedly approached” a carrier strike group in the Norwegian Sea.

• Norwegian Sea is a marginal sea of the Arctic Ocean, bordered by Norway, Greenland and Iceland.
• The Barents Sea(northeast), separated from the Atlantic Ocean in the southwest by a submarine ridge that spans from Iceland to the Faroe Islands.
• In the north, the Norwegian Sea is separated from the Greenland Sea by the Jan Mayen Ridge.
• It was formed when the Eurasian Plate and the North American Plate began to separate.
• The warm North Atlantic current pushes the warm waters through the Norwegian Sea into the Barents Sea.
• The cold East Iceland Current transfers the cold water from the Norwegian Sea towards Iceland.
• This thermal mixing of the warm and cold currents creates excellent fishing grounds in the Norwegian Sea.
• It acts as a transition zone between boreal and Arctic climatic conditions and therefore its habitat shares the characteristics from both these climates.