the North Pole

noun

: the most northern point on the surface of the earth

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The incident took place earlier this month when a vessel was sailing in a fjord in northeastern Svalbard, around 620 miles from the North Pole. CBS News, 13 Aug. 2026 The moon's shadow will pass remarkably close to the North Pole. Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 8 Aug. 2026 The large mass of frigid Arctic air trapped around the North Pole, known as the polar vortex, is another weather phenomenon used to predict winter in North America. Sarah Moore, USA Today, 6 Aug. 2026 But a larger chunk of the heat rises into the upper atmosphere, flows northward towards the North Pole and runs into our heat dome. Sean MacAday, Sacbee.com, 30 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for the North Pole

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