the Arctic Circle

noun

: an imaginary line that goes around the Earth near the North Pole

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This is a level not seen on this planet since there were crocodiles and palm trees in the Arctic Circle 50 million years ago—when there was no ice on Antarctica, and the tropics would have been totally unlivable for mammals like ourselves. Peter Brannen august 28, Literary Hub, 28 Aug. 2025 Federal officials are preparing to begin work on a new $400 million harbor that could accommodate Coast Guard icebreakers, cargo barges and Navy warships, along with cruise ships to carry tourists north of the Arctic Circle. Trevor Hughes, USA Today, 27 Aug. 2025 Their research eventually led them to a British fixer married to a Dolgan woman from the remote Russian republic of Sakha, on the threshold of the Arctic Circle. Christopher Vourlias, Variety, 25 Aug. 2025 But this Lutheran church some 120 miles above the Arctic Circle seeks to incorporate the region's minority languages -- Northern Sami, Finnish and Meänkieli -- into worship services, carrying on an inclusive ethos that has been a cornerstone of the historic wooden church since its founding in 1912. Arkansas Online, 22 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for the Arctic Circle

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