Recently, UK fighter jets intercepted a Russian maritime patrol aircraft after it "repeatedly approached" a carrier strike group in the Norwegian Sea.
About Norwegian Sea:
It is a marginal sea of the Arctic Ocean, bordered by Norway, Greenland and Iceland.
Borders: The Barents Sea(northeast), separated from the Atlantic Ocean in the southwest by a submarine ridge that spans from Iceland to the Faroe Islands.
In the north, the Norwegian Sea is separated from the Greenland Sea by the Jan Mayen Ridge.
It was formed when the Eurasian Plate and the North American Plate began to separate.
Currents:
The warm North Atlantic current pushes the warm waters through the Norwegian Sea into the Barents Sea.
The cold East Iceland Current transfers the cold water from the Norwegian Sea towards Iceland.
This thermal mixing of the warm and cold currents creates excellent fishing grounds in the Norwegian Sea.
It acts as a transition zone between boreal and Arctic climatic conditions and therefore its habitat shares the characteristics from both these climates.
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