antarctic circle in a sentence
Examples
- On 17 January 1773, " Resolution " was the first ship to cross the Antarctic Circle and crossed twice more on the voyage.
- The south polar latitudes below the Antarctic Circle are in daylight, whilst the north polar latitudes above the Arctic Circle are in night.
- This encompasses half of a great circle running from Eastern Russia through China, across the Bay of Bengal and on towards the Antarctic Circle.
- This would put it on the Arctic circle or Antarctic Circle, at a different point on the circle depending on the time of day.
- The climate of the island is strongly influenced by the subpolar low pressure system which develops around the Antarctic Circle and the surrounding oceans.
- February 1874 was spent travelling south and then generally eastwards in the vicinity of the Antarctic Circle, with sightings of icebergs, pack ice and whales.
- North of the Arctic Circle or south of the Antarctic Circle, there is at least one day of the year with no sunrise or sunset.
- On the Antarctic Peninsula, which is the only section of Antarctica that extends well north of the Antarctic Circle, there are hundreds of retreating glaciers.
- Locations north of the Arctic Circle and south of the Antarctic Circle experience no sunset or sunrise on at least one day of the year.
- On their way south the Morning celebrated Christmas Day 1902 by crossing the Antarctic Circle and discovering a previously uncharted island which they named Scott Island.