Editing North Pole (section)

==Flora and fauna==
[[Polar bear]]s are believed to travel rarely beyond about 82° North, owing to the scarcity of food, though tracks have been seen in the vicinity of the North Pole, and a 2006 expedition reported sighting a polar bear just {{convert|1|mi|abbr=on}} from the Pole.<ref>[http://www.panda.org/about_wwf/what_we_do/species/about_species/species_factsheets/polar_bear/pbear_population_distribution/index.cfm Polar Bear&nbsp;– Population & Distribution] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081216133201/http://www.panda.org/about_wwf/what_we_do/species/about_species/species_factsheets/polar_bear/pbear_population_distribution/index.cfm |date=16 December 2008 }}, WWF, January 2007</ref><ref>[http://www.projectthinice.org/blog/view/13723/ Explorers' Blog] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071013155730/http://www.projectthinice.org/blog/view/13723/ |date=13 October 2007 }}, Greenpeace Project Thin Ice (1 July 2006).</ref> The [[ringed seal]] has also been seen at the Pole, and [[Arctic fox]]es have been observed less than {{convert|60|km|abbr=on}} away at 89°40′&nbsp;N.<ref>Halkka, Antti (February 2003). [https://web.archive.org/web/20070929101508/http://www.suomenluonto.fi/artikkeli.php3?a=155 Ringed seal makes its home on the ice]. suomenluonto.fi</ref><ref>Tannerfeldt, Magnus. [https://web.archive.org/web/20060112105006/http://www.zoologi.su.se/research/alopex/the_arctic_fox.htm The Arctic Fox ''Alopex lagopus'']. zoologi.su.se</ref>

Birds seen at or very near the Pole include the [[snow bunting]], [[northern fulmar]] and [[black-legged kittiwake]], though some bird sightings may be distorted by the tendency of birds to follow ships and expeditions.<ref name=calgary>{{cite web |url=http://pubs.aina.ucalgary.ca/arctic/Arctic56-3-309.pdf |title=FARTHEST NORTH POLAR BEAR (Ursus maritimus) |access-date=16 February 2011 |archive-date=22 April 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120422023656/http://pubs.aina.ucalgary.ca/arctic/Arctic56-3-309.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Fish have been seen in the waters at the North Pole, but these are probably few in number.<ref name="calgary"/> A member of the Russian team that descended to the North Pole seabed in August 2007 reported seeing no sea creatures living there.<ref name="autogenerated1"/> However, it was later reported that a [[sea anemone]] had been scooped up from the seabed mud by the Russian team and that video footage from the dive showed unidentified [[shrimp]]s and [[Amphipoda|amphipods]].<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/world/2009/aug/02/sea-anemone-biology-arctic-north-pole-russia "North Pole sea anemone named most northerly species"], ''Observer'', 2 August 2009</ref>