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Definition of Arctic circle
1. 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.
Definition of Arctic circle
1. Proper noun. The line which marks approximately the southernmost place in the Northern Hemisphere where the sun does not set on the summer solstice and does not rise on the winter solstice. ¹
2. Noun. The parallel of latitude that runs 66° 33? 39? north of the Equator. The region north of this circle is known as the Arctic. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Arctic Circle
Literary usage of Arctic circle
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Proceedings by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain), Norton Shaw, Francis Galton, William Spottiswoode, Clements Robert Markham, Henry Walter Bates, John Scott Keltie (1873)
"On the Probable Existence of Unknown Lands within tlic arctic circle. ... and so
being swept out of the arctic circle, is proportionately diminished. ..."
2. The Land of the Midnight Sun: Summer and Winter Journeys Through Sweden by Paul Belloni Du Chaillu (1888)
"Glaciers North of the arctic circle.—Glaciers South of the arctic circle. ...
The principal perpetual snow-fields found within the arctic circle are: ..."
3. International Catalogue of Scientific Literature by Royal Society (Great Britain) (1905)
"Arctic: Greenland and the area north of the Arctic, Circle, or of the coasts of
Continental America, ... I, Atlantic and Islands from arctic circle to Lat. ..."
4. The Land of the Long Night by Paul Belloni Du Chaillu (1899)
"NOW I was ready to go further northward beyond the arctic circle, ... The Arctic
Circle is an imaginary line, just as are the Equator and the two Tropics ..."
5. Travels in Various Countries of Europe, Asia and Africa by Edward Daniel Clarke (1824)
"Preparations for an Expedition beyond the arctic circle- Lapland Beds — The party
leave Tornea — Salmon Fishery—Falls of the Lapland Rivers—Manner of ..."
6. In Arctic Seas: The Voyage of the "Kite" with the Peary Expedition, Together by Robert Neff Keely, Gwilym George Davis (1893)
"THE arctic circle.—ARRIVAL AT GODHAVN. THE Kite, after leaving the harbor of St.
Johns, on its way to McCormick Bay, on July 5, kept near the ..."
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