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Arctic CircleLatitude of 66.5° North. The southern limit of the area of the Earth that experiences 24 hours of darkness or 24 hours of day at least one day during the year.
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Arctic Circle1550s, in reference to a celestial circle, a line around the sky which, in any location, bounds the stars which are ever-visible from that latitude (in the Northern Hemisphere, this is focused on the [..]
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Arctic Circleparalell of latitude that runs 66.5 degrees north of the Equator.
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Arctic CircleThe Arctic Circle is an imaginary circle at latitude 66°30' N, around the north pole.
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Arctic CircleThe circle of latitude north of which, on the solstices, every location experiences a period of continuous day or night (Lesson 29)
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Arctic CircleThe parallel of latitude that is approximately 66.5 degrees north of the equator and that circumscribes the northern frigid zone.
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Arctic CirclePoleward of this latitude (66 degrees 33 minutes N) there are 24 hours of sunlight at the summer solstice and 24 hours of darkness at the winter solstice.
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Arctic Circle
The parallel of latitude that runs 66° 33? 39? north of the Equator, which marks approximately the southernmost place in the Northern Hemisphere where the sun does not set on the summer solstice and [..]
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