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Far North

British  

noun

  1. the Arctic and sub-Arctic regions of the world

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In fact, the low-flying, day-biting mosquitoes are present in nearly half of California’s counties, including Shasta in the far north.

From Los Angeles Times

‘I’ve never been this far north.’

From Literature

‘I thought you’d never been this far north.’

From Literature

Icebreakers are specialized, expensive vessels able to navigate in the frozen far north.

From Barron's

In fact, it took two days for Hans to travel about 400 miles from Newcastle to the ferry port at Scrabster in the far north of Scotland which connects Orkney to the mainland.

From BBC