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
On New Year’s Eve, they crossed the Antarctic Circle at last, and some of the men gathered on the bridge to sing “Auld Lang Syne” with an accompaniment of dog howls.
From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong
