Lincoln Sea

Seas are wonderful gifts of nature to human beings. As you explore the world, you will get to find out about many kinds of seas. Many of these seas even support the lives of many animal species, and without them, these animal species could go extinct. As they are gifts from nature to us, we can also find and extract natural resources that aid the use of many technological facilities in homes and schools. As a child that you are, you can understand the way thesw seas and the lives in them behave. One of them includes the Lincoln sea, usually which greatly interests children of your age.

Lincoln Sea Facts for Kids

• Ice
  Most times of the year, the Lincoln sea is always covered with ice. Every part of the sea usually frozen, as sea ice has taken over. This has made most oceanographic measurements to fail. Researchers sometimes do not bother to study the sea because it is covered in ice all year long. As a child, you would love the sight of the icy sea from afar.
• Name
  Many might believe the Lincoln sea is named after the 16th United States President, Abraham Lincoln, but that is not so. The Lincoln sea is named after the United States Secretary of war, Robert Todd Lincoln. It was given it’s name by Adolphus Greeley during an expedition to the sea between the years 1881 – 1884
• Depth
  The Lincoln sea is not too deep. The Lincoln sea is known to have an average depth of about 843 feet, and is not very shallow, unlike many other seas. But sometimes, the depth can go for deep as 930 feet.
• Location
  The Lincoln sea is located around the coasts of Canada and Greenland. The Lincoln sea lays far from the shores of Canada and Greenland. Because of its location on the Earth, its environment has proven to be very harsh, not even allowing the approach of many. Furthermore, the Lincoln sea is located in the Arctic Ocean and stretches towards the east from the shores of Canada and Greenland.
• Nature
  The Lincoln sea very well is made up of water that has a complex nature. It contains three different properties and many more discoveries have been made since the last few years. One fascinating thing to always remember remember about the Lincoln sea is that its temperature increases as you go deeper into it. Not just that, but its salt concentration or salinity does the same as you advance towards its sea-floor. In fact, most of the water sometimes flows into the northernmost part of Nares Strait, commonly known as the Robeson Channel.
• Animals in Lincoln sea
  Due to the adverse conditions of the Lincoln sea, animal life in the sea is quite rare except when they wander in from the Arctic ocean. These could include molluscs such as squid, clams, and octopus, crustaceans like crabs, lobsters and krill.
• Plants
  There is yet to be any record of plant life in the Lincoln sea due to the fact that it is the least studied area of the Arctic ocean being covered in sea ice all year.
• Island
  There is a tiny island in the Lincoln island called the Beaumont Island. Canada and Denmark are currently having issues about the island, with both claiming rights to the island. Even with the dispute still being unresolved the two countries have a good diplomatic relationship.
• Population
  No one lives on the island in the sea, the only place close to the sea where you will find humans is a station near the shore called Alert in Canada.
• Drainage
  The sea ice removed from the Arctic ocean drains through the Fram Strait near Greenland while sea ice closer to Canada drains through the Nares Strait.