the Arctic Circle

noun

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

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Hundreds of thousands of caribou travel through this scenic region, which lies above the Arctic Circle in the zone of northern lights activity. Stephanie Vermillion, Travel + Leisure, 17 May 2026 Chasing the Midnight Sun in Svalbard What’s a bigger bucket-list item than the Arctic Circle? Dea Jusufi, Forbes.com, 9 May 2026 Navalny’s lawyers represented him in the lead-up to his death at a remote penal colony in the Arctic Circle. Irwin Cotler, Time, 8 May 2026 For example, through studying the Denver Pollen Collection, researchers discovered that the North Slope of Alaska had a temperate to subtropical climate about 50 to 56 million years ago that allowed palm trees to grow north of the Arctic Circle. Ingrid C. Romero, The Conversation, 5 May 2026 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 23 May. 2026.

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