How many months of the year is the Arctic covered in snow?
Some parts are covered for 3 or 4 months while others are
covered for most of the year. If the highest latitudes were land
rather than ocean, these would be covered all year. However, if the
snow never melted, glaciers/ice sheets would form as you see in
Greenland and higher elevations in the Arctic. However, in many
places where snow melts, the ground is still frozen throughout the
year - this is called permafrost.