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  • 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.

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Examples

  • At the age of fifty-four, he did not look forward to starting a new life above the arctic circle.

    A Cold Red Sunrise Kaminsky, Stuart M. 1988

  • America, even within the arctic circle, where, for a brief space of time, it revels in the ardent heat of the short-lived summer of the north.

    In the Forest Or, pictures of life and scenery in the woods of Canada Catharine Parr Strickland Traill 1850

  • Air & Space Magazine visited Kiruna, Sweden, a mining town 90 miles above the arctic circle.

    Boing Boing David Pescovitz 2011

  • We are slowly making our way north to the arctic circle.

    TravelPod.com TravelStream™ — Recent Entries at TravelPod.com 2010

  • Not many bands celebrate a nomination for a major national prize by heading up to the arctic circle.

    The Line Of Best Fit 2009

  • They migrate every winter to warmer waters in the south but still very far north in the arctic circle.

    CreationWiki - Recent changes [en] 2009

  • If not for the unique to Alaska oil pipeline from north of the arctic circle, the Governor would have nothing but swap-meets and quilting bees to run the state on.

    Hot Air » Top Picks 2009

  • They migrate every winter to warmer waters in the south but still very far north in the arctic circle.

    CreationWiki - Recent changes [en] 2009

  • I guess I had pictured it as a cold windy place in the arctic circle, where the people would be permanently bent against freezing winds, whilst struggling about in snow shoes with bundles of wood balanced on thier backs, I was wrong.

    TravelPod.com Recent Updates 2009

  • Each of the London-based architect's cocoon-like pod is outfitted with an array of sustainable features including rainwater collection, a greywater system, and Iceland, just outside the arctic circle, the Hof House sits snugly within its landscape.

    INHABITAT 2009

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