Subject area	Biology
More specific subject area	Polar metagenomics
Type of data	FastaQ file
How data was acquired	NGS sequencing on Illumina MiSeq platform
Data format	Raw data
Experimental factors	Fjord sediment samples from Krossfjorden, Arctic
Experimental features	Metagenomic DNA extraction from Krossfjorden sediment, NGS sequencing on Illumina MiSeq platform and MG-RAST analysis of NGS data
Data source location	Krossfjorden, Arctic (79°08׳60"N, 11°44׳59"E)
Data accessibility	The data of this metagenome is available in the NCBI BioSample Submission Portal as Bioproject ID: PRJNA488527 and SRA accession no.:SRP159159. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sra/SRP159159.