What is East Siberian Sea?
{{redlinks|date=June 2012}} [[Image:East Siberia Sea.jpg|thumb|right|Satellite photo of the New Siberian Islands, with the Laptev Sea on the left and part of the East Siberian Sea shown on the right.]] The '''East Siberian Sea''' is a [[marginal sea]] in the [[Arctic Ocean]]. It is between the [[Arctic Cape]] to the north, the coast of [[Siberia]] to the south, the [[New Siberian Islands]] to the west and [[Cape Billings]], close to [[Chukchi Peninsula|Chukotka]], and [[Wrangel Island]] to the east. This sea borders on the [[Laptev Sea]] to the west and the [[Chukchi Sea]] to the east. This sea is one of the least studied in the Arctic area. It has severe [[climate]], low water [[salinity]], and little flora, fauna and human population. The depths are shallow (mostly less than 50 meters). There are slow [[sea current]]s, low [[tide]]s (below 25&nbsp;cm) and frequent [[fog]]s, especially in summer. The [[ice field]]s only fully melt in August–September. The sea shores were lived on for thousands of years by tribes of [[Yukaghirs]], [[Chukchi people|Chukchi]] and then [[Evens]] and [[Evenks]]. The largest city and port<ref>William Elliott Butler [https://books.google.com/books?id=zG7Xz5eEIIsC&pg=PA60 Northeast arctic passage] (1978) {{ISBN|90-286-0498-7}}, p. 60</ref> is [[Pevek]], the northernmost city of mainland Russia.<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/1999/01/06/world/forsaken-in-russia-s-arctic-9-million-stranded-workers.html?pagewanted=all Forsaken in Russia's Arctic: 9 Million Stranded Workers], NYTimes, January 6, 1999</ref><ref>[http://www.yakutiatoday.com/travel/reviews_vancouver.shtml From Vancouver to Moscow Expedition], Yakutia Today</ref><ref>[http://www.pevek.ru/?cat=2 History of Pevek] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111006055920/http://www.pevek.ru/?cat=2 |date=2011-10-06 }}, Pevek web portal (in Russian)</ref><ref>[http://vlad.tribnet.com/2002/ISS338/index.html Polar bear strays onto Chukotka runway] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111004085655/http://vlad.tribnet.co