ANTARCTIC CIRCLE

imaginary circle on the surface of the earth at 66 1 / 2°S lat., i.e., 23 1 / 2° north of the South Pole. It marks the southernmost point at which the sun can be seen at the winter solstice (about June 22) and the northernmost point of the southern polar regions at which the midnight sun is visible.

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books on: Antarctic Circle  - 244 results

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Antarctic Eyewitness
Book by Charles F. Laseron, Frank Hurley; Birlinn, 2002
Subjects: Antarctica--Discovery And Exploration, Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition--(1914-1917), Mawson, Douglas--Sir--1882-1958--Travel--Antarctica, Shackleton, Ernest Henry--Sir--1874-1922--Travel--Antarctica
...six months night; but here, practically on the Antarctic Circle, we never completely lost sight of the sun. Even...Theoretically, from a point situated right on the Antarctic Circle, the sun at noon in midwinter should appear exactly...
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Ice: The Antarctic Diary of Charles F. Passel/
Book by Charles F. Passel, T. H. Baughman; Texas Tech University Press, 1995
Subjects: Antarctica--Discovery And Exploration--American, Baughman, T. H.--1947-, Byrd Antarctic Expedition, Passel, Charles F--Travel
...it was the last bright light seen. Hence we were making a circle instead of a straight line, and Grif noticed that the angle...happened to be a wreck, if you can imagine such a thing in the Antarctic. When the tractor treads just spun around without moving I...
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The Heart of the Antarctic: The Story of the British Antartic Expedition 1907-1909
Book by Ernest Shackleton; Birlinn, 2000
Subjects: Antarctica--Discovery And Exploration--British, Shackleton, Ernest Henry--Sir--1874-1922
...passage on any other terms. The Antarctic sighted the Balleny Islands and...of vegetation found within the Antarctic Circle; the ship went as far as 747...back the first landing on the Antarctic continent was made on a low beach...
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Frozen Future: The Arctic, the Antarctic, and the Survival of the Planet
Book by Daniel Snowman; Random House, 1993
Subjects: Polar Regions
...23, 25, 36 Anchorage Alaska , 49 , 63, 70, 71 , 78, 105 Andes, 24, 129, 161 Antarctic Circle, 38 Antarctic Convergence, 19, 37, 97, 162 Antarctic Icecap, 12, 14, 17, 18, 19 , 25, 40, 42, 42, 43- 5 , 90 -1, 94 , 95, 100...
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Sir James Wordie, Polar Crusader: Exploring the Arctic and Antarctic
Book by Michael Smith; Birlinn, 2004
Subjects: Explorers--Scotland--Biography
...ft of snow of which some 3-4 ins is frozen to ice under water. I January, igr6. Completes a year south of the Antarctic Circle. The days bag is i Emperor, 6 seals and a Sea-Leopard, the latter a great fellow about 12 ft long. It pursued...
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journal articles on: Antarctic Circle  - 84 results

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Late Cretaceous to Early Tertiary Subduction History of the Antarctic Peninsula
Journal article by Joe J. McCarron, Robert D. Larter; Journal of the Geological Society, Vol. 155, 1998
Subjects: Antarctic Peninsula, Geological time, Geology, Plate tectonics
...ridge and was captured by the Antarctic plate as a result of NE propagation of the Pacific Antarctic ridge at about chron C21...been subducted beneath the Antarctic Peninsula. Marine magnetic...two points to define a great circle fitting each lineation. The...to bring together two great circles (lineations) and a specified...
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Antarctic Convergence
Journal article by Russell Fraser; The Virginia Quarterly Review, Vol. 75, 1999
Subjects: Antarctica, Travel
Antarctic Convergence by Russell Fraser...mustache falls away in a half circle above the sensuous lips...Horn and above the Antarctic Circle, Atlantic and Pacific mingle...streaky with grime, but when we circle closer the streaks turn into...
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Polar Apocalypse in Coleridge and Poe
Journal article by Eric G. Wilson; Wordsworth Circle, Vol. 35, 2004
Subjects: Coleridge, Samuel Taylor--Criticism and interpretation, Literature--Criticism and interpretation, Poe, Edgar Allan--Criticism and interpretation, Polar regions--Portrayals
...northern tip of a vast Antarctic Eden waiting to be plundered...dreams. Crossing the Antarctic Circle, he encountered neither...briefly transformed by his Antarctic vision, he spends his...repetition but hermeneutic circle, deepening his sense...
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The Spiritual History of Ice: Romanticism, Science, and the Imagination
Journal article by Richard E. Brantley; Wordsworth Circle, Vol. 34, 2003
Subjects: Books--Book reviews, The Spiritual History of Ice: Romanticism, Science, and the Imagination (Book)--Book reviews
...Romanticism as a sudden break. Humphrey Davys focus on crystals, James Huttons on glaciation, and James Cooks on the Antarctic Circle for the first time emphasized that "ice is not evil matter to be transcended or bland material to be commodified...
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"Wordsworth's Most Wonderful as Well as Admirable Poem" (1979)
Journal article by John E. Jordan; Wordsworth Circle, Vol. 37, 2006
Subjects: Peter Bell (Poem)--Criticism and interpretation, Poets--Works, Wordsworth, William--Works
...few of Wordsworths poems are so little appreciated. Even in circles where Peter Bell is recognized, the name is probably better...with a wound on its head; instead of the exotic scenery of Antarctic seas, he travels the dales of Yorkshire. In the usual word...
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magazine articles on: Antarctic Circle  - 178 results

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All Eyes on the Ice: Like a Giant White Scoresheet, the Antarctic Peninsula Is Daily Recording Changes in the Environment. and Change Is Occurring More Rapidly There Than Almost Anywhere Else on Earth
Magazine article by Ken Eastwood; Geographical, Vol. 80, October 2008
Subjects: Antarctic Peninsula--Environmental aspects, Ice--Observations, Ocean temperature--Observations
...Like a Giant White Scoresheet, the Antarctic Peninsula Is Daily Recording Changes...real estate on Petermann Island, on the Antarctic Peninsulas west coast. Rocky nesting...climate change, which has affected the Antarctic Peninsula much more rapidly than the...
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British Antarctic Survey (BAS)
Magazine article by Christian Amodeo; Geographical, Vol. 78, March 2006
Subjects: British Antarctic Territory--Environmental aspects, Environmental associations--Services, World War II, 1939-1945
British Antarctic Survey (BAS). by Christian Amodeo...secret Second World War expedition to the Antarctic mounted by the admiralty on behalf of...expedition was sent to discourage the use of Antarctic anchorages by enemy raiders and to strengthen...
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Oasis under the Ice: Exploring the Surprisingly Rich World Hidden beneath the Antarctic Ice
Magazine article by Jim Mastro; International Wildlife, Vol. 27, November 1997
Subjects: Antarctic regions--Plants and animals, Biotic communities--Antarctic regions, Marine biology--Antarctic regions
...creatures without backbones) of the Antarctic ocean floor live by sifting their food...bottom-dwelling filter feeders in the Antarctic. Every natural community, however...microscopic creatures. Sweeping in a full circle, they scour the immediate area for...pressing his nose into our masks. He swims circles around us, playfully doubling back...
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The Heart of the Great Alone: Scott, Shackleton and Antarctic Photography
Magazine article by Martin Hartley; Geographical, Vol. 81, November 2009
Subjects: Books--Book reviews, The Heart of the Great Alone: Scott, Shackleton and Antarctic Photography (Nonfiction work)--Book reviews
...The Heart of the Great Alone: Scott, Shackleton and Antarctic Photography. by Martin Hartley by David Hempleman...final expedition of 1911-12 and Shackletons Trans-Antarctic Expedition of 1914-17. This book is a must for anyone...
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Out in the Cold Documenting Polar Exploration: To Thoroughly Record the Early Expeditions into the Remote and Inhospitable Polar Regions, Specimens and Measurements Would Be Taken, Charts Drawn, Paintings Daubed and Photographs Captured. Here, a Selection of Artefacts and Images from Both Arctic and Antarctic Voyages Capture the Highs and Lows of Life at the Poles
Magazine article; Geographical, Vol. 81, November 2009
Subjects: Amundsen, Roald--Discovery and exploration, Polar regions--Rites, ceremonies and celebrations
...Images from Both Arctic and Antarctic Voyages Capture the Highs...world: INSIDE THE ARCTIC CIRCLE ABOVE: HMS Alerts wardroom...a store room, British Antarctic Expedition, 1907-09. This was the first of three Antarctic expeditions led by the...
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newspaper articles on: Antarctic Circle  - 111 results

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CONFESSIONS of an Antarctic Artist; Landscape Artist Rowan Huntley Lives in Heath, Cardiff, with Husband Andy. She Leaves for Antarctica Tomorrow aboard HMS Scott to Spend a Month aboard the Ship as an Artist in Residence for WWF Cymru
Newspaper article; South Wales Echo (Cardiff, Wales), January 12, 2010
Subjects: Heathlands, Moors and heaths, Painters, Painters (Artists)
CONFESSIONS of an Antarctic Artist; Landscape Artist...undergo to prepare for the Antarctic trip? A I had a dry run 250 km above the Arctic Circle in Greenland in June 2009...on board the Royal Navys Antarctic patrol vessel. I was selected...
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SOUTH POLE CAT; as He's Finally Honoured, the Remarkable and Tragic Story of the Moggie Who Went to the Antarctic with Shackleton - but Never Came Back
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), June 28, 2004
Subjects: Shackleton, Ernest Henry, Sir
...the Moggie Who Went to the Antarctic with Shackleton - but Never...explorers standing in a quiet circle. Each one in turn was holding...funded by the New Zealand Antarctic Society, which believes McNeishs...Norwegians by traversing the entire Antarctic continent on foot. His Imperial...
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Tale of Endurance, Survival in Antarctic
Newspaper article by Gary Arnold; The Washington Times, November 30, 2001
...of endurance, survival in Antarctic by Gary Arnold Byline: Gary...at the Cineplex Odeon Outer Circle and Shirlington, "The Endurance...Shackleton on a voyage to the Antarctic in the winter of 1914-15...Endurance: Shackletons Legendary Antarctic Expedition" RATING: No MPAA...
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-10C It's Colder Than the Antarctic
Newspaper article; The Evening Standard (London, England), January 6, 2009
Subjects: Weather
-10C Its Colder Than the Antarctic. Byline: BENEDICT MOORE...parts of Greenland and the Antarctic. The Met Office issued a...Norwegian city inside the Arctic circle, overnight temperatures only...temperatures at 6C. Regions of the Antarctic were warmer than London and...
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-10C Colder Here Than the Antarctic as Serpentine Freezes; Walking on Water: A Swan Is Nonplussed by the Frozen Surface Today as It Tries to Take off from the Serpentine in Hyde Park
Newspaper article; The Evening Standard (London, England), January 6, 2009
Subjects: Serpentine, Weather
...10C Colder Here Than the Antarctic as Serpentine Freezes; Walking...parts of Greenland and the Antarctic. The Met Office issued a...Norwegian city inside the Arctic circle, overnight temperatures only...temperatures at 6C. Regions of the Antarctic were warmer than London and...
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encyclopedia articles on: Antarctic Circle  - 6 results

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Antarctic Circle
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
ANTARCTIC CIRCLE imaginary circle on the surface of the earth at 66 1 / 2 S lat., i.e., 23 1 / 2 north of the South Pole. It marks the southernmost point at which the sun can be seen at the winter solstice (about June 22) and the northernmost...
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Antarctica
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...and almost entirely within the Antarctic Circle. Geology and Geography Antarctica...archipelago that includes the Antarctic Peninsula , and E Antarctica...he was the first to cross the Antarctic Circle. British and U.S. seal hunters...
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Midnight Sun
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...all points along the Arctic Circle , 23 1 / 2 of latitude from...points north of the Arctic Circle, the midnight sun is visible...midnight sun is visible along the Antarctic Circle at the winter solstice...Dec. 22) and south of the Antarctic Circle for longer periods...
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Atlantic Ocean
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...Ocean extends in an S shape from the arctic to the antarctic regions between North and South America on the west...000 mi (16,100 km) from Iceland to near the Antarctic Circle, generally follows the trend of the coastlines of...
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Latitude
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...north and south of the equator where the suns rays fall vertically (see tropics ), and the Arctic Circle (66 1 / 2 N) and the Antarctic Circle (66 1 / 2 S), marking the farthest points north and south of the equator where the sun appears...
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