Antarctic Circle

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It occurs in winter north of the Arctic Circle and south of the Antarctic Circle, which are circumpolar lines at latitude 66.6 degrees North and South respectively.

From National Geographic • Feb. 1, 2024

Though he’s been working in Antarctica for more than 12 years, he still has some bucket-list dreams, such as crossing the Antarctic Circle on the eastern side of the Antarctic Peninsula.

From Washington Post • Mar. 3, 2022

Sir Ernest Shackleton famously reached the island in 1916, after an epic escape from the icy grip of the Antarctic Circle, and died while docked in Grytviken on 5 January 1922.

From BBC • Jan. 19, 2022

Now it is the Arctic Circle that has the 24-hour night and the Antarctic Circle that has the midnight Sun.

From Textbooks • Oct. 13, 2016

They were still 600 miles from the nearest coastline and hadn’t even crossed the Antarctic Circle.

From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong