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

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

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

We cannot delay in these waters, and, after all, the one thing of real importance to us is to get out of the polar circle before the winter makes it impassable.”

From An Antarctic Mystery by Hoey, Frances Cashel

We had good horses, and leaving Avasaxa and the polar circle behind us, we sped down the solid bed of the Torneå to Niemis.

From Northern Travel Summer and Winter Pictures of Sweden, Denmark and Lapland by Taylor, Bayard