the Arctic Circle

noun

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

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Advertisement Today, Alaska and Russia share overlapping interests in the Arctic Circle. Solcyré Burga, Time, 14 Aug. 2025 The ice-class cruiser is, of course, capable of traversing the most remote locations, previously completing voyages in Antarctica, the Arctic Circle, the South Pacific, the Mediterranean, and beyond. Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 4 Aug. 2025 Just below the Arctic Circle, Northvolt’s flagship battery factory once stood as a beacon of Europe’s ambitions to power its future with clean energy. Anna Heim, Fortune, 4 Aug. 2025 Neither the frozen setting 300 miles above the Arctic Circle nor the foreign Norwegian language was their biggest obstacle. Anne Thompson, IndieWire, 1 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 20 Aug. 2025.

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