polar circle
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“We basically achieved everything we set out to do,” the expedition’s leader, Markus Rex, told The Associated Press by satellite phone as it left the polar circle last week.
From Washington Times • Oct. 12, 2020
When the French government sent Maupertuis within the polar circle, to ascertain the exact figure of the earth, it was George Graham, Clock-maker of Fleet Street, who supplied the requisite instruments.
From Captains of Industry or, Men of Business Who Did Something Besides Making Money by Parton, James
In the North the extremity of the new axis will be situated between Greenland and Grinnelland, exactly on that part of Baffin’s Sea where it cuts the Arctic polar circle.
From Topsy-Turvy by Verne, Jules
The memory of these Arctic fleets that seemed to descend from the polar circle left deep impression of terror on the Imperial city.
From History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 5 by Milman, Henry Hart
They could also plead the geographical situation of their country, which develops itself below the polar circle from the Behring Sea to Hudson’s Bay.
From Topsy-Turvy by Verne, Jules
