the Arctic Circle

noun

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

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Alaska has already spent years trying to build an 800-mile pipeline from the North Slope above the Arctic Circle south to the Cook Inlet, where the gas would be cooled and shipped to U.S. allies in Asia. Spencer Kimball, CNBC, 2 June 2025 Case in point: the Lofoten Islands, located above the Arctic Circle in Norway. Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 31 May 2025 Sprawled just over the line, carving out the Arctic Circle in Finland's northernmost region, Lapland, Rovajärvi has hosted Swedish and British troops learning how to fight together roughly 70 miles from Russia's northwestern border. Ellie Cook — Reporting From Rovajärvi, Northern Finland, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 May 2025 Standing inside a small, Norwegian stadium north of the Arctic Circle this month, Ange Postecoglou, the manager of the English soccer club Tottenham, blew kisses to his wife in the crowd. Andrew Greif, NBC news, 21 May 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 7 Jun. 2025.

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