the Arctic Circle

noun

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

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Yet the weather at this remote clifftop 300 miles above the Arctic Circle that marks continental Europe’s northernmost point is anything but summerlike. Dan Fellner, AZCentral.com, 6 July 2025 The other female did something quite different, staying north of the Arctic Circle through much of the winter and only moving to the North Sea in the spring. Melissa Cristina Márquez, Forbes.com, 3 July 2025 The base, located north of the Arctic Circle, is critical to U.S. and NATO missile warning and space surveillance operations. Jasmine Baehr , Liz Friden, FOXNews.com, 17 June 2025 High above the Arctic Circle in Greenland, the U.S. Space Force Thule Air Base was renamed Pituffik Space Base to honor and recognize traditional Greenlandic cultural heritage. William McQuilkin, The Orlando Sentinel, 15 June 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 13 Jul. 2025.

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