What kind of rocks are under the ice of the North Pole?

Answer 1

Kind ya kick instead of smokin!

Answer 2

Under the ice at the North Pole is nothing but water. It's the Arctic Ocean.

Answer 3

The bedrock beneath the ice and water layers at the North Pole is basalt created at an ocean spreading ridge. One of the deepest and most remote ocean spreading ridges in the world lies beneath the Arctic ocean very near the North Pole. It is called the Gakkel Ridge--and it lies about 5 km beneath ice cover. The long ridge extends from north of Greenland to the Laptev Sea off Siberia. In 2001, there was an expedition to explore the ridge. The scientist-explorers discovered active undersea volcanoes and hydrothermal vents supporting sea life. Coring along the ridge system brought up mainly basalts, although peridotites had been predicted. Some deep valleys adjacent to the submarine ridges had as much as 1 km of sediment.

Check out a map of the ridge at the first url and articles here:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/1760271.stm
http://www.geolsoc.org.uk/template.cfm?name=Gakkel

Answer 4

There is no land (hence, no rocks) under the north pole. So, your answer would be none. That's why the north pole isn't considered a continent and Antarctica is (Antarctica has land under it). Lol some people just answered "cold rocks".

Answer 5

There are no rocks at the north pole. Just floating ice is there

Answer 6

There is an ocean under the ice at the North Pole. I believe that the seafloor consists mostly of volcanic basalt and sedimentary rocks .

Answer 7

None, there is no land mass under the North Pole.

Answer 8

There is only deep ocean under the north pole.

Answer 9

the north pole is over water

Answer 10

Your question is a good one and under the water there is a rock seabed. I wonder if anyone really knows since the seabed recycles every 200,000,000 years or so. Most of the polar seabed is not well explored.

Answer 11

Cold rocks