The North Pole
The Arctic Circle surrounds the North Pole, the Antarctic Circle surrounds the South Pole.
Look at a globe. The Arctic Circle surrounds the North Pole at the top of it, the South Pole is at the bottom. The equator circles the globe halfway between the two. Whichever way you read it, the Arctic Circle is closer to the equator than the South Pole is, and the Arctic Circle is closer to the equator than it is to the South Pole.
Equator
The Equator
Yes.
well if you look at the equator it is closer to the equator then the south pole
The Arctic Circle marks an area north of the Equator, and the Antarctic Circle marks an area south of the Equator, where there is at least one 24-hour period annually of no sunrise or sunset.
The Arctic Ocean is closer to the Equator than it is to the South Pole.
It is the North Pole.
The Arctic Circle
North America, Europe, and Asia are the three continents closer to the North Pole. They all extend past the Arctic Circle and have land masses that reach high latitudes near the pole.
The Arctic Circle