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Originally appearing in Volume V02, Page 447 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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ARCTIC (Gr. "ApKroc, the
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Bear, the
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northern
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constellation of Ursa
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Major)  , the epithet applied to the region
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round the
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North
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Pole, covering the
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area (both ocean and lands) where the characteristic polar conditions of
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climate, &c., obtain . The
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Arctic Circle is
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drawn at 66° 30' N . (see POLAR REGIONS) .

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