the Arctic Circle

noun

: an imaginary line that goes around the Earth near the North Pole

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Meanwhile, Tottenham traveled to the Arctic Circle to play Norweigan side Bodø/Glimt, looking to protect its 3-1 first-leg lead. Ben Church, CNN Money, 9 May 2025 President Donald Trump has said that the U.S. needs to own Greenland to cover a number of global security concerns related to China and Russia and the Arctic Circle. Mark Weinstein, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Apr. 2025 Above the Arctic Circle, oil producers on Alaska’s North Slope send an average of 465,000 barrels of crude oil south each day for shipping to refineries and users around the country and the world. Brett Watson, The Conversation, 24 Apr. 2025 The ambitious itinerary includes Europe, the Middle East, and the Americas, with voyages into some of the world’s loneliest waters through the Arctic Circle, Antarctica, Cape Horn, and Northwest Passage. Katia Damborsky, Robb Report, 20 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for the Arctic Circle

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“The Arctic Circle.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20Arctic%20Circle. Accessed 22 May. 2025.

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