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  2. Arctic Circle - Wikipedia

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    The Arctic Circle is the southernmost latitude in the Northern Hemisphere at which the centre of the Sun can remain continuously above or below the horizon for twenty-four hours; as a result, at least once each year at any location within the Arctic Circle the centre of the Sun is visible at local midnight, and at least once the centre is not ...

  3. Arctic - Wikipedia

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    The word Arctic comes from the Greek word ἀρκτικός (arktikos), "near the Bear, northern" [4] and from the word ἄρκτος (arktos), meaning bear. [5] The name refers either to the constellation known as Ursa Major, the "Great Bear", which is prominent in the northern portion of the celestial sphere, or to the constellation Ursa Minor, the "Little Bear", which contains the celestial ...

  4. Polar circle - Wikipedia

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    The north polar circle on a polar projection. The polar circle as lines on a modified cylindrical projection. The Arctic Circle in Finland, 1975. The Arctic Circle in Norway at Saltfjellet mountain plateau in July 2003. A polar circle is a geographic term for a conditional circular line (arc) referring either to the Arctic Circle or the ...

  5. Middle latitudes - Wikipedia

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    The middle latitudes, also called the mid-latitudes (sometimes spelled midlatitudes) or moderate latitudes, are spatial regions on either hemisphere of Earth, located between the Tropic of Cancer (latitude 23°26′09.8″) and the Arctic Circle (66°33′50.2″) in the northern hemisphere and between the Tropic of Capricorn (-23°26′09.8 ...

  6. North American Arctic - Wikipedia

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    The North American Arctic lies above the Arctic Circle. [3] It is part of the Arctic, which is the northernmost region on Earth. The western limit is the Seward Peninsula and the Bering Strait. The southern limit is the Arctic Circle latitude of 66° 33’N, which is the approximate limit of the midnight sun and the polar night. [4]

  7. The Arctic Circle saw record-high temperatures in 2020 ... - AOL

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    Last summer, Russia reached 100.4 degrees Fahrenheit — the highest temperature ever measured within the Arctic Circle, according to an annual climate report released Wednesday by the National ...

  8. Russia's Navalny describes harsh reality at 'Polar Wolf ...

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    His spokeswoman said on Monday that Navalny, 47, had been tracked down to the IK-3 penal colony north of the Arctic Circle located in Kharp in the Yamal-Nenets region about 1,900 km (1200 miles ...

  9. Town in Arctic Circle matches Miami's highest temperature ...

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    The cities of Banak, Norway, and Utsjoki, Finland, are shown on a map depicting warm conditions on July 7, 2021. Exceptional warmth has seeped well into the Arctic Circle in the northernmost parts ...

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