the Arctic Circle

noun

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

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Almost all their breeding sites lie north of the Arctic Circle, on open tundra. Cecilia Rodriguez, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025 Navalny, a fierce critic of Russian President Vladimir Putin, died aged 47 in a penal colony north of the Arctic Circle in February 2024. Anna Chernova, CNN Money, 17 Sep. 2025 Testing has taken the car from Portugal to the Arctic Circle to stress the technology in real conditions. Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 1 Sep. 2025 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 See All Example Sentences for the Arctic Circle

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“The Arctic Circle.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20Arctic%20Circle. Accessed 4 Oct. 2025.

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