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
The musk-ox had retreated to the polar circle.
From Ancient Man The Beginning of Civilizations by Van Loon, Hendrik Willem
But, beyond the polar circle, above the austral icebergs, it is quite another thing, and, if the author’s work be not one of pure imagination, I am—well, of any other nationality than my own.
From An Antarctic Mystery by Hoey, Frances Cashel
If near the equator an instrument gives the latitude of the polar circle, it is a proof that it is not working rightly.
From The Expositor's Bible: The First Book of Samuel by Blaikie, William Garden
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
