SSC MTS EXAM

Detailed explanation-1: -Situated in the northern extremity of North America and covering about 1, 424, 500 km2 (550, 000 sq mi), this group of 36, 563 islands, surrounded by the Arctic Ocean, comprises much of Northern Canada, predominately Nunavut and the Northwest Territories.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Arctic Ocean is surrounded by the land masses of Eurasia (Russia and Norway), North America (Canada and the U.S. state of Alaska), Greenland, and Iceland.