Southern Ocean!
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We can't bring ourselves to delete an answer from a Rochester contributor which,
while one could argue that it's technically correct, is still very misleading.
The south Pole may be surrounded by the Southern Ocean, but the nearest drop of
water in that ocean is at least 350 miles distant from the Pole.
The south Pole is located in very roughly the middle of a large continent of land and ice
called "Antarctica".
The Arctic Ocean surrounds the North Pole. The sea at this location is about 13,410 feet deep. Robert Peary and Matthew Henson led an expedition to the North Pole, and they reached it in 1909.
The Southern Ocean surrounds Antarctica and is the closest ocean to the South Pole.
The Arctic Ocean
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The Arctic Ocean.
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Artic ocean
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It the southern ocean that surrounds it.
The Southern Ocean surrounds the Antarctic continent, about 750 miles north of the South Pole.
The Southern Ocean surrounds the Antarctic continent, about 750 miles north of the South Pole.
The South Pole may be surrounded by the continent of Antarctica, which in turn is surrounded by the Southern Ocean, and the nearest drop of water in that ocean is at least 750 miles distant from the Pole.
The South Pole is at 90 degrees S latitude and is located on the continent of Antarctica.
Asia to the east, Africa to the north, The North Pole to the south and the Atlantic ocean to the west.
The Arctic Circle surrounds the North Pole, the Antarctic Circle surrounds the South Pole.
No ocean covers the North Pole. The North Pole is an imaginary point on the Arctic Ice cap that covers the Arctic Ocean. SHORT ANSWER- Arctic Ocean
The Arctic surrounds the North Pole and the Antarctic surrounds the South Pole.
Antarctica
The Antarctic surrounds the South Pole.
Antarctica surrounds the South Pole.