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What are the differences between the Arctic and the Antarctic Circles?
The Arctic Circle is located in the Northern Hemisphere, while the Antarctic Circle is in the Southern Hemisphere. The Arctic Circle surrounds the North Pole, while the Antarctic Circle surrounds the South Pole. The Arctic Circle has Arctic tundra vegetation, while the Antarctic Circle is largely covered in ice.
When did Robert Edwin Peary explore the Antarctic?
Peary is not an Antarctic explorer: he focused on the Arctic.
Where does the sun never rise during the winter?
Around the Earth's poles there is a region called the Arctic or the Antarctic where there is a period of weeks or months during which the Sun never rises. At places just beyond the Arctic and Antarctic circles the period is quite short, for example six weeks at Harstad, Norway which is 200km north of the Arcric circle. Near the poles the period is nearer six months.
How did the Arctic Circle and the Antarctic Circle get their names?
Arctic comes from the Greek word arktos, meaning bear, Ursa Major, North Star. Antarctic just tacked on a prefix meaning "opposite." Arctic comes from the Greek word arktos, meaning bear, Ursa Major, North Star. Antarctic just tacked on a prefix meaning "opposite."
What is the difference between the Arctic and the Antarctic Circle?
The Arctic Circle is located in the Northern Hemisphere and surrounds the North Pole, while the Antarctic Circle is in the Southern Hemisphere and surrounds the South Pole. The Arctic Circle is characterized by polar bears and a mix of land and sea ice, while the Antarctic Circle is known for penguins and a landmass covered by a thick ice sheet.
Are Arctic and Antarctic circles poles?
No. The circles are circles. The poles are points. If the circles were points, then they might be called the Arctic and Antarctic Poles, but they wouldn't be called the Arctic and Antarctic Circles since they would be only points.
What contains the Arctic and Antarctic circle?
Latitude maps include both the Arctic and Antarctic Circles.
What are inside the Arctic and Antarctic Circles called?
Polar Zones
How many degrees is it from the North and South Poles to the Arctic and Antarctic Circles?
The Arctic and Antarctic Cirles are 66.5619° from the North and South Poles.
Would it be more likely to find a reindeer near the arctic or the antarctic circles?
the Arctic one
How far are the the arctic and antarctic circles from the equator?
67 degrees i think.
What is the distance to the poles from the Arctic and the Antarctic Circles?
roughly 1700 miles
Where are the Arctic and Antarctic Circles respectively?
66.5622 degrees north and south
At what latitude and longitude do the Arctic and Antarctic circles lie?
The Arctic circle is 66 33′ 39″ north and the Antarctic is the same south of the equator.Every longitude crosses both circles.
What are the degrees of the Arctic and Antarctic Circles?
66.5622 degrees north and south respectively.
Why are the Arctic and Antarctic circles called that?
The Arctic and Antarctic circles are named after the regions they mark. The Arctic Circle is named after the constellation Ursa Major, known as the Great Bear or "arctic bear," while the Antarctic Circle is named after the opposite direction of the Arctic Circle on the globe.
Where does the sun rise each day?
Everyplace on earth that is not within the arctic or antarctic circles.
