circumpolar
Americanadjective
adjective
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(of a star or constellation) visible above the horizon at all times at a specified locality on the earth's surface
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surrounding or located at or near either of the earth's poles
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Located or found in one of Earth's polar regions.
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Denoting a star that from a given observer's latitude does not go below the horizon during its diurnal motion. The closer an observer is to one of the poles, the greater the portion of the sky that contains circumpolar stars. At the pole itself, all stars are circumpolar.
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Origin of circumpolar
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"This means that the ice in Antarctica was formed prior to the existence of the circumpolar current," says the researcher.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 5, 2024
It occurs in winter north of the Arctic Circle and south of the Antarctic Circle, which are circumpolar lines at latitude 66.6 degrees North and South respectively.
From National Geographic ● Feb. 1, 2024
That might have been in 1984, but according to his website he remains the only man alive ever to have travelled around the Earth’s circumpolar surface.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 26, 2022
“We remain convinced of the enduring value of the Arctic Council for circumpolar cooperation and reiterate our support for this institution and its work,” the seven nations said in a joint statement released March 3.
From Scientific American ● Mar. 14, 2022
The passage of a circumpolar star over the meridian above the pole; the opposite of the lower transit.
From The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. by Sir Edward Belcher
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