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  2. Arctic Circle - Wikipedia

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    The Arctic Circle, roughly 67° north of the Equator, defines the boundary of the Arctic waters and lands. The Arctic Circle is one of the two polar circles, and the most northerly of the five major circles of latitude as shown on maps of Earth at about 66° 34' N. [1] Its southern equivalent is the Antarctic Circle.

  3. North American Arctic - Wikipedia

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    The North American Arctic is composed of the northern polar regions of Alaska (USA), Northern Canada and Greenland. [1] Major bodies of water include the Arctic Ocean, Hudson Bay, the Gulf of Alaska and North Atlantic Ocean. [2] The North American Arctic lies above the Arctic Circle. [3] It is part of the Arctic, which is the northernmost ...

  4. 85th parallel north - Wikipedia

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    The 85th parallel north is a circle of latitude that is 85 degrees north of the Earth's equatorial plane, in the Arctic.This parallel lies entirely within the Arctic Ocean.. At this latitude the entire sun is visible for 24 hours, 0 minutes during the summer solstice and during the winter solstice, the latitude is under total nighttime during the entire day.

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

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    In Siberia — just north of the Arctic Circle — record temperatures led to quick snowmelt. In fact, the entire Eurasian continent saw its fourth-smallest snow cover extent in May of last year ...

  6. Polar regions of Earth - Wikipedia

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    Visualization of the ice and snow covering Earth's northern and southern polar regions Northern Hemisphere permafrost (permanently frozen ground) in purple. The polar regions, also called the frigid zones or polar zones, of Earth are Earth's polar ice caps, the regions of the planet that surround its geographical poles (the North and South Poles), lying within the polar circles.

  7. How the Arctic Circle just eclipsed 100 degrees - AOL

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    Temperatures hit triple digits at a Russian town in the Arctic Circle on Saturday, either breaking or nearly breaking the hottest temperature on record in this polar realm. Preliminary ...

  8. Geographical zone - Wikipedia

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    The North Frigid Zone, between the North Pole at 90° N and the Arctic Circle at 66°33′50.3″ N, covers 4.12% of Earth's surface. The North Temperate Zone, between the Arctic Circle at 66°33′50.3″ N and the Tropic of Cancer at 23°26′09.7″ N, covers 25.99% of Earth's surface.

  9. 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 ...