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27 unusual facts about Arctic Circle


1st Battalion 10th Marines

During the 1980s, the battalion became a Cold Weather trained unit, conducting training at Fort Drum, New York and above the Arctic Circle.

66°NORTH

It was named after the latitudinal line of the Arctic Circle which touches the northernmost part of Iceland, the island of Grímsey.

Aartsenia

The vast majority of the genus's distribution is in the Northern Sea near the coasts of Iceland and Scandinavian countries such as Norway, Sweden and Denmark, near the Arctic Circle.

Aasta Hansteen spar

The field is located north or the Arctic Circle, and is subject to perpetual darkness and sub-zero temperatures in the winter months.

Amyr Klink

In 2002, Klink has completed an experimental phase of one of his project "A Trip to China" – a trip around the world through a maritime path that had never been explored before: the Arctic Circle.

Anatoli Boukreev

McKinley, also known as Denali, has its challenges such as hidden crevasse and unpredictably cold weather due to its proximity to the Arctic Circle and the ocean.

Arctic shrew

Arctic shrews are native to North America, ranging from the Arctic Circle in the north and as far south as the northern United States, into North and South Dakota, Wisconsin, Michigan, and Minnesota.

Arctic Star

The medal is awarded for any length of service above the Arctic Circle by members of the British Armed Forces and the Merchant Navy.

Cantus Arcticus

Subtitled Concerto for Birds and Orchestra it incorporates tape recordings of birdsong recorded near the Arctic Circle and on the bogs of Liminka in northern Finland.

Circle, Alaska

Circle was named by miners in the late 19th century who believed that the town was on the Arctic Circle.

Eighteenth Air Force

It airlanded and airdropped equipment supporting the construction of the Distant Early Warning radar system across northern Canada in proximity to the Arctic Circle, 1955–1957.

Eurasian Collared Dove

Subsequent spread was 'sideways' from this fast northwest spread, reaching northeast to north of the Arctic Circle in Norway and east to the Ural Mountains in Russia, and southwest to the Canary Islands and northern Africa from Morocco to Egypt, by the end of the 20th century.

Framtid i Nord

The newspaper is based in Nordreisa, and claims to be the only newspaper published from within the Arctic Circle.

Grigory Adamov

The author even made an expedition to the Russian North, so as to investigate on site his theory that by warming the Arctic Circle area (by artificially heating the Gulf Stream) one might bring great benefits to the Soviet people.

Hoary bat

It occasionally roosts inside shipping crates and this may account for reports of the species above the Arctic Circle.

Hydro Thunder

The gameplay of Hydro Thunder consists of racing high-tech speedboats through treacherous environments, from the cold seas of the Arctic Circle, to a post-apocalyptic, flooded version of New York City.

John W. Nordstrom

He was born Johan Nordström (later anglicizing it to "John") in the village of Alvik, near Luleå, Sweden, and 60 miles from the Arctic Circle.

Marjorie Blamey

Over the years, Blamey has built up an archive of more than 10,000 paintings of flowers from the Arctic Circle to the Mediterranean, which are used in publications worldwide.

Native American Film and Video Festival

Founded in 1979, the Festival is internationally-recognized as the first to feature Native productions from throughout the Americas and the Arctic Circle; indigenous media makers participate from Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, El Salvador, Mexico, and the United States (including Hawaii).

Northern bat

It is found from northern Scandinavia (beyond the Arctic Circle) to northern Italy, and eastern England to northern Japan.

River of Death

As with most of MacLean's novels, it depicts adventure, treachery, and murder in an unforgiving environment, but is set this time in the steamy jungles of South America instead of above the Arctic Circle.

SL-1

It was intended to provide electrical power and heat for small, remote military facilities, such as radar sites near the Arctic Circle, and those in the DEW Line.

Sno-Freighter

At the time, no roads crossed the Arctic Circle in North America, there were almost no runways for air transportation, and the polar ice cap prevented seaborne transport.

Solidago multiradiata

It is native to North America, where it can be found throughout the northern regions, including most all of Canada and Alaska, including territory within the Arctic Circle.

Taxing and Spending Clause

In the case, oil produced within a defined geographic region above the Arctic Circle was exempted from a federal excise tax on oil production.

The Arctic Challenge

It formerly held the status as the final for the "World Snowboard Tour", and is held in Norway annually - usually at a location north of the Arctic Circle.

Wumpa's World

The series featured its main character, Wumpa the walrus, who tells real-live stories which take place in a medium version of the Arctic Circle.


1962 Pacific typhoon season

During the day of July 14, the system made landfall near the city of Magadan and crossed the Arctic Circle.

Arthur D. Collins, Jr.

During travels that take them deep into the Amazon River rainforest, to two Caribbean islands, above the Arctic Circle, to the not-so-exotic independent Chinese territory of Hong Kong, and to Australia's outback, as well as several other mysterious locations in the United States, the boys meet a number of characters – some human, and some not, but all unforgettable.

Conrad Stargard

This book primarily revolves around Josip's explorations in both the Arctic Circle and the Amazon River.

Cotoneaster scandinavicus

Cotoneaster scandinavicus (Scandinavian Cotoneaster) is a species of Cotoneaster native to Scandinavia, in Norway, Sweden and Finland south of the Arctic Circle, the Danish island of Bornholm, and also the Baltic States of Estonia and Latvia.

I've Never Met a Nice South African

He has met the Loch Ness Monster, had a close encounter ('of the 22nd kind, That's when an alien spaceship, Disappears up your behind!'), seen unicorns in Burma, met a working Yorkshire miner and had sunstroke in the Arctic, but despite all these exotic experiences, he has never met a nice South African.