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Arctic


Region in the northernmost area of the Earth, centered on the North Pole.	1
‡ The weather of the Arctic is characterized by long, cold winters and short, cool summers.	2
‡ The Arctic has been the object of much exploration by air, land, and sea. The shortest distance by plane between continents in the Northern Hemisphere is often over the Arctic.	3

The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition. Edited by E.D. Hirsch, Jr., Joseph F. Kett, and James Trefil. Copyright © 2002 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.

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