What is Laptev Sea?
{{redlinks|date=June 2012}} [[File:Анабарский залив.jpg|thumb|left|The shore of the [[Anabar Bay]].]] The '''Laptev Sea''' is a [[marginal sea]] of the Arctic Ocean. It is between the northern coast of [[Siberia]], the [[Taimyr Peninsula]], [[Severnaya Zemlya]] and the [[New Siberian Islands]].<ref name=bse>[http://bse.sci-lib.com/article068747.html Laptev Sea], [[Great Soviet Encyclopedia]] (in Russian)</ref><ref name=brit>[http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/330412/Laptev-Sea Laptev Sea], Encyclopædia Britannica on-line</ref> Its northern boundary passes from the [[Arctic Cape]] and ends at the [[Anisiy Cape]]. The [[Kara Sea]] is to the west, the [[East Siberian Sea]] to the east. The sea is named after the [[Russian explorers]] [[Dmitry Laptev]] and [[Khariton Laptev]]. The sea has a severe climate with temperatures below 0&nbsp;°C (32&nbsp;°F) over more than 9 months per year. There is low water [[salinity]]. There are few flora, fauna and humans. Most of the seas is less than 50 meters deep. It is frozen most of the time, though generally clear in August and September. The sea shores were lived on for thousands of years by tribes of [[Yukaghirs]] and then [[Evens]] and [[Evenks]]. They were then settled by [[Yakuts]] and later by Russians. Russian explorations of the area started in the 17th century. They came from the south by several large rivers which empty into the sea. These rivers include the [[Lena River]], the [[Khatanga River|Khatanga]], the [[Anabar River|Anabar]], the [[Olenyok River|Olenyok]], the [[Omoloy River|Omoloy]] and the [[Yana River|Yana]]. The sea has several dozen islands, many have well-preserved [[mammoth]] remains. The largest town and port is [[Tiksi]]. ==Flora and fauna== [[File:Snowy Owl - Schnee-Eule.jpg|thumb|[[Snowy Owl]]]] [[File:Plectrophenax nivalis1.jpg|thumb|[[Snow Bunting]]]] Both flora and fauna are scarce because of the harsh climate. Vegetation of the sea is mostly represented by [[diatom]]s, with more than 100 species. The number of [[green algae]], [[b