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

Earth rotates on a titled axis which means there are periods of the year where the Arctic Circle and the Antarctic Circle are either completely exposed or obscured from the sun.

From BBC • Jan. 8, 2024

Though the vessel shares a name with the first ship to cross the Antarctic Circle, captained by James Cook just under 250 years ago, it’s very unlike the original Resolution.

From Washington Post • Mar. 3, 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

On the twenty-first, Worsley’s astronomical observations indicated that they had crossed the Antarctic Circle.

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