Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- The parallel of latitude approximately 66°33′ south. It forms the boundary between the South Temperate and South Frigid zones.
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- proper noun geography The line which marks approximately the northernmost place in the
Southern Hemisphere where the sun does not set on thesummer solstice and does not rise on thewinter solstice .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a line of latitude north of the south pole
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Examples
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Crossing the Antarctic Circle which is at 66° 33'S brings passengers into the zone where there is 24-hours of daylight.
Newswire Today - Free Newswire - Press Releases Distribution 2009
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The second voyage, sailing on the HMS Resolution, left England in 1772 and again circumnavigated the southern hemisphere, poking into the Antarctic Circle and producing charts that were still used well into the 20th century.
Man On a Quest Michael J. Ybarra 2011
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We crossed the Antarctic Circle long ago, longer still since we left Belgium.
Wintering Ally Malinenko 2011
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The second voyage, sailing on the HMS Resolution, left England in 1772 and again circumnavigated the southern hemisphere, poking into the Antarctic Circle and producing charts that were still used well into the 20th century.
Man On a Quest Michael J. Ybarra 2011
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The area south of the Antarctic Circle is known as the Antarctic, and the zone immediately to the north is called the Southern Temperate Zone.
Antarctic Circle 2009
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Boulders of gneiss, quartzite, and sandstone have been dredged at so many points between the Balleny Islands and the Weddell Sea that there can be no doubt of the existence of similar continental land along the whole of that side, at least within the Antarctic Circle
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British expedition led by James Cook circumnavigates the globe at high south latitudes and enters Antarctic Circle for the first time in January 17, 1773.
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No flowering plants occur within the Antarctic Circle or in the immediately adjacent lands.
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HMS Challenger, a British steamship, enters Antarctic Circle (a first for a steamship).
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French expedition led by Jules Dumont d'Urville tries to follow Weddell's course south but is stopped by pack ice north of the Antarctic Circle.
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