also: ほっぴょうよう
Refers to the Arctic Ocean. The term 北極海 is more common in modern Japanese.
See also: 北極海
The Arctic Ocean is the sea located at the northernmost part of the Earth.
Standard kanji spelling for the Arctic Ocean.
Alternate reading; less common than ほくひょうよう.
Compound of 北 (north), 氷 (ice), and 洋 (ocean). The reading ほっぴょうよう is a euphonic change from ほくひょうよう.