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Arctic Circle
The Arctic Circle is a major circle of latitude located at 66.5 degrees north of the equator. It defines the polar region and marks the southernmost point of the polar day and polar night during the June and December solstices respectively.
531 Questions
How many miles from the Arctic Circle to Churchill Manitoba?
There are at least eleven places named Churchill in the world. They are all varying distances from the Arctic Circle. Please specify.
Alaska (AK) is sometimes called "Land of the Midnight Sun" or "The Last Frontier".
Finland and Norway are also commonly called the Land of the Midnight Sun,
What is the southernmost US city within the Arctic Circle?
The only part of the US that's north of the Arctic Circle is the north 30% or 35% of Alaska.
The outposts of civilization up there are really not what you'd call 'cities' ... there's nothing
to compare to a New York, Chicago, Dallas, or Buffalo.
Anchorage is the state capital, and the largest city in Alaska. (It's about 370 miles outside
of the Arctic Circle.) The population of Anchorage is 301 thousand, and that's more than
40% of the entire state's population ! There's not much left to spread around the portion
of the state that's north of the Circle.
Here are the towns shown on my maps that are just over the line:
Town . . . . . N. of Circle . . . Population 2013
Kotzebue . . . 24 miles . . . . . . 3,201
Kobuk. . . . . . 25 mi . . . . . . . . . . 151
Allakaket. . . . . 1 mi . . . . . . . . . . 105
Fort Yukon . . . 1 mi . . . . . . . . . . 583
Bettles . . . . . 24 mi . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Does the sun ever set on the Arctic Circle?
You are misinformed, the Sun DOES set in the Arctic Circle.
Seven countries that occupy land north of the Arctic Circle?
The land on the Arctic Circle is divided among eight countries: Norway, Sweden, Finland, Russia, the United States (Alaska), Canada, Denmark (Greenland), and Iceland (where it passes through the small offshore island of Grímsey).
What is the vegetation in the Arctic Circle?
The vegetation in the Arctic Circle is typically limited to tundra plants such as mosses, lichens, grasses, and small shrubs. Trees are scarce due to the harsh climate conditions such as cold temperatures, permafrost, and a short growing season. Adaptations like shallow root systems and the ability to photosynthesize at low temperatures are common among plants in this region.
Which continents does the actic circle pass?
The Arctic Circle crosses parts of Europe, Asia, and North America.
What is the special name given to the land inside the Arctic Circle?
The area (land and sea) enclosed by the Arctic Circle is known as the North Polar Region.
North Polar Region
The Arctic
What happens to the Arctic Circle during the summer?
The sun can be visible for 24 hours straight ! -___-
Does Darwin explain how earth came into existence?
No. Darwin's work was in biology - he studied animals and the way animals inherit traits from their parents. He came up with the idea that animals evolve in nature in a similar way to the way human dog breeders make new breeds of of dog: humans do it by selecting particular dogs that look the way they want, to be parents. Nature does it by being a dangerous place, with lots of different types of environments, so that animals with useful traits are more likely to live long enough to have babies, or to have more babies than animals which aren't as well-suited to the particular environment they find themselves in.
Eskimos is the North American name given to an ancient people, indigenous to and inhabiting, the arctic regions of North America, Greenland, and Siberia. See related links for details of the many people who comprise this unique people.
How do plants get affected in the arctic?
It's to cold for many of them to grow. Many plants go into a type of hibernation and are only colorful and in bloom during a short period of the year. Plants in the arctic also receive less sunlight than those closer to the equator, so they have less energy to make use of to grow, so they grow slower.
