Arctic
From LoveToKnow 1911
ARCTIC (Gr. "ApicTos, the Bear, the northern constellation of Ursa Major), the epithet applied to the region round the North Pole, covering the area (both ocean and lands) where the characteristic polar conditions of climate, &c., obtain. The Arctic Circle is drawn at 66° 30' N. (see Polar Regions).
| The 1922 extension to the 1911 encyclopedia has updated information on this subject. See Arctic Regions for this information. |
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