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/ˈɑrktɪk sˈərkəl/ Listen

Arctic Circle

noun

A line of latitude near but to the south of the north pole; it marks the northernmost point at which the sun is visible on the northern winter solstice and the southernmost point at which the midnight sun can be seen on the northern summer solstice.

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"Arctic circle" Quotes from Famous Books

... sea east from St. Michael's, crossed the divide, and struck the Yukon at Anvik, many hundred miles from its mouth. Then on, into the northeast, past Koyokuk, Tanana, and Minook, till they rounded the Great Curve at Fort Yukon, crossed and recrossed the Arctic Circle, and headed south through the Flats. It was a weary journey, and Fortune would have wondered why the man went with him, had not Uri told him that he owned claims and had men working at Eagle. Eagle lay on the edge of the line; ...

— The God of His Fathers • Jack London

... brown, instead of being covered with luxuriant vegetation, and all looked bleak and barren, though the outlines of the mountain ranges were very fine. We were reminded of the west coast of Scotland, the Lofoden Islands in the Arctic Circle, and the tamer portions of the scenery ...

— A Voyage in the 'Sunbeam' • Annie Allnut Brassey

... limp sombrero rested grotesquely awry upon his shaggy head, his trousers bulged awkwardly at the knees—but he was a warrior! Thin and worn and lame he was about to set forth single-handedly on a journey whose circuit would carry him far within the Arctic Circle. ...

— A Daughter of the Middle Border • Hamlin Garland

... ere he will give up his empire, old Winter rushes fiercely back, and hurls a snow-drift at the shrinking form of Spring; yet, step by step, he is compelled to retreat northward, and spends the summer months within the Arctic circle. ...

— Snow Flakes (From "Twice Told Tales") • Nathaniel Hawthorne

... said Godfrey calmly; 'if I leave my bones in the Arctic Circle, go home in the Victory and take the news to my ...

— Two Maiden Aunts • Mary H. Debenham

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