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  2. List of northernmost settlements - Wikipedia

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    Northernmost place with a continuous (year-round) population, but no permanent residents; military and research station [3] Wandel Dal Settlements, Peary Land: Greenland (Danish Realm) 82°15' N: 0: yes: no: A group of more than 20 archeological sites, among them several former permanent settlements Brønlundhus, Peary Land: 82°11' N: 0: no: no

  3. Northern Hemisphere - Wikipedia

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    The dates vary each year due to the difference between the calendar year and the astronomical year. Within the Northern Hemisphere, oceanic currents can change the weather patterns that affect many factors within the north coast. Such events include El Niño–Southern Oscillation. Trade winds blow from east to west just above the equator.

  4. 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 ...

  5. Sidereal and tropical astrology - Wikipedia

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    Sidereal astrology accounts for the Earth's axial precession and maintains the alignment between signs and constellations via corrective systems known as ayanamsas (Sanskrit: 'ayana' "movement" + 'aṃśa' "component"), whereas tropical astrology, to reiterate, is based upon the seasonal cycle of the Northern hemisphere and does not take axial ...

  6. Inuit astronomy - Wikipedia

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    Inuit use the Moon to keep track of the 'calendar year', counting thirteen "moon months." Each month is named for a predictable seasonal characteristic, mostly related to animal behavior, which coincide with a particular moon. For example, one month is called "the nesting of eider ducks" while another is called "the birth of seal pups."

  7. North Pole - Wikipedia

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    Drillings at the landing site at 90°N showed an average ice thickness of 2.5 metres (8.2 feet) on April 16, 1990 This pressure ridge at the North Pole is about 1 km (0.62 mi.) long, formed between two ice floes of multi-year ice. The North Pole, also known as the Geographic North Pole or Terrestrial North Pole, is the point in the Northern ...

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  9. Northernmost point of land - Wikipedia

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    Distance from the North Pole Discovered by Discovery year Permanent Notes 83-42 [1] 83°42′05.2″N, 30°38′49.4″W 700.5 km Dennis Schmitt: 2003 unknown 35 m by 15 m and 4 m high [no record, needs confirmation] 83°41'N, 31°6'W 702.4km 2008 Ultima Thule expedition 2008 unknown needs verification RTOW2001 83°41′06″N, 30°45′36″W