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Arctic Circle

noun

an imaginary line drawn parallel to the equator, at 23°28prime; S of the North Pole: between the North Frigid Zone and the North Temperate Zone.

Arctic Circle

noun

the imaginary circle round the earth, parallel to the equator, at latitude 66° 32′ N; it marks the northernmost point at which the sun appears above the level of the horizon on the winter solstice

Arctic Circle

The parallel of latitude approximately 66°33′ north. It forms the boundary between the North Temperate and North Frigid zones.

Arctic Circle

Imaginary circle around the Earth about three-quarters of the way from the equator to the North Pole. North of this line is the “Land of the Midnight Sun,” where the sun never sets on the summer solstice.

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The Arctic Circle corresponds to the Antarctic Circle in the Southern Hemisphere.

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Inside the Arctic Circle, at the northernmost point of mainland Norway, the former mining town is a gritty contrast with the picture-postcard, snow-covered mountains and fjords that surround it.

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After London, they will continue their journey north to Greater Manchester and then travel through Scandinavia to the Arctic Circle.

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High above the Arctic Circle, the archipelago of Svalbard lies halfway between mainland Norway and the North Pole.

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Navalny was found dead in a penal colony in the Arctic Circle last year.

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Blanchett even took her family to the Arctic Circle over New Year’s and they all leapt into a fjord.

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