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the Week of Proper 28 / Ordinary 33
the Week of Proper 28 / Ordinary 33
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Arctic
1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
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(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).
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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Arctic'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​bri/​a/arctic.html. 1910.
Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Arctic'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​bri/​a/arctic.html. 1910.