How to Use the North Pole in a Sentence
the North Pole
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The view is straight down at the North Pole in the center.
— Tom Yulsman, Discover Magazine, 8 Nov. 2024 -
There's also, of course, the North Pole to think about.
— EW.com, 25 Sep. 2024 -
Nowadays, kids can reach the big guy in the North Pole by phone.
— Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 19 Nov. 2023 -
That means the equator barely gets any sunlight and the North Pole faces right at the Sun.
— Gongjie Li, Discover Magazine, 11 Jan. 2024 -
In the books, Harold goes on a treasure hunt, creates a fairy tale, visits the North Pole, and travels to the sky and the circus.
— Sari Hitchins, Parents, 22 May 2024 -
Kohler studies the melting glaciers of Svalbard, which is a group of islands near the North Pole.
— David Schechter, CBS News, 8 Dec. 2023 -
This edible weed is so hardy it can even be found in Greenland and near the North Pole.
— Kelsey Ogletree, Better Homes & Gardens, 8 June 2023 -
Asking when time began would be like asking what’s north of the North Pole.
— WIRED, 27 Sep. 2023 -
Welcome aboard Mariah — we are headed to the North Pole.
— Gabrielle Rockson, People.com, 14 Oct. 2024 -
This immersive journey to the North Pole is set to the sounds of the motion picture soundtrack. .
— Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 28 Nov. 2024 -
During the solstice, the North Pole is tilted about 23.4 degrees towards the sun.
— Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 20 June 2024 -
With a runner on second and two outs, Noel tied the score with a homer launched in the general direction of the North Pole.
— Nicholas Dawidoff, The New Yorker, 26 Oct. 2024 -
As the crew concludes its mission in the Beaufort Sea, the sub heads north before surfacing at the North Pole.
— Kenny Holston, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2024 -
They're known as the aurora borealis around the North Pole and the aurora australis around the South Pole.
— John Helton, NPR, 12 May 2024 -
But because the earth is an oblate spheroid, the sea level at the Equator is some 14 miles farther from the center of the earth than the sea level at the North Pole.
— Mark Fischetti, Scientific American, 1 Feb. 2023 -
Some make it through the field and get trapped; those particles find escape where the magnetic field is weakest at the North Pole and South Pole.
— Randi Selvey, NBC News, 23 Sep. 2023 -
Snow buntings are the northernmost passerine (perching) bird and have been reported at the North Pole.
— Richard B. Karel, Baltimore Sun, 5 Jan. 2024 -
Thousands of flights cross the North Pole each week, and none had ever experienced such a problem.
— Caitlin Rivers, Foreign Affairs, 2 July 2024 -
While Santa and his elves are back at the North Pole—already working on next year’s gifts—Amazon is full to the brim with end-of-the-year leftovers for savings up to 64% off.
— Stephanie Osmanski, Better Homes & Gardens, 26 Dec. 2023 -
Tonight Santa Claus is making his annual trip from the North Pole to deliver presents to children all over the world.
— Gina Martinez, CBS News, 24 Dec. 2023 -
The vessel carried runners determined to complete one of the most unusual races on Earth: the North Pole Marathon.
— Tom Yulsman, Discover Magazine, 26 Sep. 2024 -
Admiral Robert Peary’s claim to have been the first person to reach the North Pole, in 1909, has long been disputed; his math was almost certainly off.
— Cullen Murphy, The Atlantic, 11 Oct. 2024 -
The holiday classic featured Ferrell as the childlike Buddy, an adult human raised by elves on the North Pole.
— Jack Smart, Peoplemag, 15 July 2024 -
The archipelago of Svalbard is halfway between Norway and the North Pole.
— Cheryl Katz, Smithsonian Magazine, 29 Nov. 2023 -
Winter Park’s weather by far outshines the North Pole, with average December highs in the mid-70s.
— Karen Cicero, Travel + Leisure, 17 Mar. 2023 -
On the way back from the North Pole, Elves will lead passengers in caroling and other entertainment.
— Marina Johnson, The Courier-Journal, 22 July 2024 -
At the end of an uneventful trip from Beijing to London by way of the North Pole, the plane mysteriously lost power to both engines.
— Caitlin Rivers, Foreign Affairs, 2 July 2024 -
Michael Paterniti, a contributing writer for the magazine, is at work on a book about the discovery of the North Pole.
— Michael Paterniti, New York Times, 22 Dec. 2023 -
When the train pulls out of Durango Depot en route to the North Pole, caroling and general merriment abound.
— Talia Avakian, Travel + Leisure, 18 Oct. 2023 -
There’s also another factor to consider: the polar vortex, a belt of strong winds which sits extremely high in the stratosphere – above the level of the jet stream – around the North Pole.
— Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 15 Jan. 2024
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