1.  Finland, Sweden, Norway, Denmark and Iceland have set forth joint plans to cope with environmental disasters such as oil spills in Arctic waters.

2.  They also set forth joint plans to conserve wildlife and to cope with environmental emergencies such as oil spills in Arctic waters.

3.  Arctic waters show no increased radiation levels from nuclear waste dumped there over the years by Soviet authorities.

4.  Hidden beneath the vast Russian land mass and the Arctic waters around it could lie more oil than enriches the Middle East, many experts believe.

5.  They have suffered from a series of maintenance difficulties, particularly problems with the batteries, which were designed for Arctic waters.

6.  A polar bear is the prime suspect in a diesel spill on the Norwegian island of Hopen in remote Arctic waters.

7.  Arctic waters are rich in fish, and are a delicate, low-temperature ecosystem.

8.  Biologists say the young whales apparently get lost on their way from Arctic waters and swim east of Scotland instead of west.

9.  Mill said he had seen the tracks of a polar bear while he was stranded but was more concerned about falling into the frigid Arctic waters.

10.  Nuclear waste containers dumped by the Soviet Union into arctic waters appear to have leaked, although the radiation is not an immediate threat, researchers said Wednesday.