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study the oceans as you go from the equator to the north pole. do the oceans become wider or more narrow?

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As you move from the equator towards the North Pole, the oceans generally become more narrow. This is because the Earth's circumference is smaller at higher latitudes and so the distance between the continents on opposite sides of the ocean is less.
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