Many moons ago we did a survey for the high school paper. We asked dozens of graduating seniors simple questions like “which two oceans border the USA” and “which two countries border the USA”. Barely 50% could answer.
Needless to say, they didn’t let us publish the story.
One asked us if the sun was always round. She said “you know, like the moon isn’t always round”.
I’m pretty sure that the Artic Ocean borders the USA.