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Both are polar, beyond about 60 degrees of latitude. Neither is well-inhabited by humans or animals, because of the extreme cold.

(There are more people and more animals in the Arctic than there are in Antarctica, which is about 30 degrees colder than the Arctic, and too cold for humans and animals.)

Both experience significant periods of 24-hour darkness and 24-hour sunlight beyond their respective circles -- about 66 degrees. At the poles, these periods are six months long.

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