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What is the difference between the Arctic and the North Pole?
Otis Steuber
The Arctic Circle is a line of latitude roughly 66 and 1/2 degrees north of the Equator. The North Pole is the center of that circle.
Webster Gutkowski
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∙ 9y agoThe Arctic Circle is an imaginary line of latitude equal to about 66.5° N latitude.
(more precisely 66° 33' 44" N)
By definition it is the latitude above which a location can experience at least 24 consecutive hours of night or 24 consecutive hours of daylight on at least one day of the year. (At the North Pole, this becomes 6 months of daylight followed by 6 months of night. Both poles cannot have actual daytime at the same time.)
The tilt of the Earth is about 23.5° so this is the complementary angle.
Locations partly within the Arctic Circle include Canada, Greenland (Denmark), Iceland, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Russia, and the US (Alaska).
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∙ 12y agoThe Arctic is a geographical region referred to by its closeness to the North Pole.
One common meaning for Arctic is the area surrounding the North Pole that is contained within the Arctic Circle. But there are other meanings.
Another meaning is the area north of the tree line, i.e., the line north of which which trees do not grow. Yet a third meaning is the area north of the 10 degrees celsius/50 degrees Fahrenheit isotherm. These latter two lines are not identical, but are fairly close to one another.
The Arctic Circle is an imaginary line drawn around the North Pole. On the day of the summer solstice, the sun does not set at the Arctic Circle. Likewise, on the day of the winter solstice, the sun does not rise.
Currently, the Arctic Circle is located at the parallel of latitude which is approximately 66°33′ north.
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What is the difference between the North Pole and the Arctic Circle?
The Arctic Circle is a line of latitude roughly 66 and 1/2 degrees north of the Equator. The North Pole is the center of that circle.
Name the major difference between the north and south pole?
Land, The South Pole or Antarctica is on land, while the North Pole or Arctic is a frozen Ocean.
What sea is in between Alaska and the North Pole?
The Arctic Ocean is between Alaska and the North Pole.
What are the Difference between Arctic and Antarctic regions?
The Arctic is at the North Pole, and is a region of a very thick floating icepack.Antarctic is at the South Pole, and is of deep snow and ice covering a mountainous continent.
What ocean surrounds north pole?
No ocean covers the North Pole. The North Pole is an imaginary point on the Arctic Ice cap that covers the Arctic Ocean. SHORT ANSWER- Arctic Ocean
What is the major difference between the South Pole and the North Pole?
The South Pole is on a continent -- Antarctica, surrounded by water -- the Southern Ocean. The North Pole is on the Arctic Ocean, surrounded by land.
Is the north pole in the Arctic or in Arctic region?
The North Pole is in the Arctic Region.
What are the latitudes between the North Pole and the Arctic Circle?
All north latitudes more than 66.5 degrees are inside the Arctic Circle, i.e. between the Circle and the North Pole.
What is the similarities between arctic and antarctic?
the arctic is in the north pole and antarctica is in the south.
What is Area between 66.5 and the north pole is called what?
The Arctic, or Arctic Circle.
What is the name of the area found between the Arctic Circle and the North Pole?
The Arctic
Where is Arctic North pole or South pole?
the arctic is the north pole antarctica is the south pole :)
