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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.
The Arctic region is a unique area among Earth's ecosystems. The cultures in the region and the Arctic indigenous peoples have adapted to its cold and extreme conditions. Life in the Arctic includes zooplankton and phytoplankton, fish and marine mammals, birds, land animals, plants and human societies. [3] Arctic land is bordered by the subarctic.
Svalbard, a chain of Norwegian islands located well inside the Arctic Circle, experiences total darkness for several months of the year. Add heavy snow, way-below-freezing temperatures and the ...
Chip and Agnes Hailstone – live with their seven children on the Kobuk River in Noorvik 19 miles north of the Arctic Circle. Chip lived in Kalispell, Montana, before moving to Alaska. Agnes is Native Alaskan, an Inupiaq born in Noorvik, and is the one member of the cast who has spent their entire life in Alaska, as well as the longest ...
The Arctic tundra, a ... permafrost temperatures on record for Alaska and it was the second-highest year for wildfire emissions north of the Arctic Circle, the scientists reported. ...
My sister and I went on a cruise in the Arctic Circle. We saw polar bears and the monument of a lost expedition crew, and had 24 hours of daylight.
The number of wildfires in the Arctic Circle has increased. In 2020, Arctic wildfire CO 2 emissions broke a new record, peaking at 244 megatonnes of carbon dioxide emitted. [125] This is due to the burning of peatlands, carbon-rich soils that originate from the accumulation of waterlogged plants which are mostly found at Arctic latitudes. [125]
Arctic ecology is the scientific study of the relationships between biotic and abiotic factors in the arctic, the region north of the Arctic Circle (66° 33’N). [1] This region is characterized by two biomes: taiga (or boreal forest) and tundra. [2]