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Everything Everywhere Daily: History, Science, Geography & More

The Arctic and the North Pole

Everything Everywhere Daily: History, Science, Geography & More

Gary Arndt

Education, History

4.72.3K Ratings

🗓️ 14 September 2025

⏱️ 14 minutes

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Located above 66°33? Latitude North is the region we call the Arctic.  The Arctic is unlike any other environment on Earth, even the Antarctic. It is sparsely populated and has unique wildlife and a biome that can’t be found anywhere else.  It is completely dark in the winter and the sun never sets in the summer…and of course, it is really cold Learn more about the Arctic and what makes it so special on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily. Sponsors Quince Go to quince.com/daily for 365-day returns, plus free shipping on your order! Mint Mobile Get your 3-month Unlimited wireless plan for just 15 bucks a month at mintmobile.com/eed Stash Go to get.stash.com/EVERYTHING to see how you can receive $25 towards your first stock purchase. ExpressVPN Go to expressvpn.com/EED to get an extra four months of ExpressVPN for free!w Subscribe to the podcast!  https://everything-everywhere.com/everything-everywhere-daily-podcast/ -------------------------------- Executive Producer: Charles Daniel Associate Producers: Austin Oetken & Cameron Kieffer   Become a supporter on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/everythingeverywhere Discord Server: https://discord.gg/UkRUJFh Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/everythingeverywhere/ Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/everythingeverywheredaily Twitter: https://twitter.com/everywheretrip Website: https://everything-everywhere.com/  Disce aliquid novi cotidie Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

The following is an encore presentation of Everything Everywhere Daily.

0:07.3

Located above 66 degrees, 33 minutes latitude north is the region that we call the Arctic.

0:13.7

The Arctic is unlike any other environment on Earth, even the Antarctic.

0:18.0

It's sparsely populated and has unique wildlife as well as a biome that

0:22.2

can't be found anywhere else. It's completely dark in the winter and the sun never sets in the

0:26.8

summer and of course it's really cold. Learn more about the Arctic and what makes it so special

0:32.8

on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.

0:52.6

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1:10.1

If you've never been to the Arctic, you might think of it as a desolate wasteland.

1:11.5

But it's not. It's an environment that's unique in the Arctic, you might think of it as a desolate wasteland. But it's not.

1:16.0

It's an environment that's unique in the world, and there are many things that set it apart from even Earth's polar region in the South. So what exactly is the Arctic? The Arctic is

1:23.8

defined by the Arctic Circle, which lies at 66 degrees, 33 minutes, and 50.1 seconds

1:30.9

latitude north. Everything above that imaginary line is considered to be the Arctic. So what is so

1:38.9

special about that exact latitude? That latitude corresponds to the axial tilt of the earth. The Arctic Circle

1:47.8

is the point where the sun doesn't set above that line on the summer solstice, and the sun

1:53.0

doesn't rise above that line on the winter solstice. The axial tilt of the Earth also defines

1:58.8

the Antarctic Circle in the south, as well as the tropics of Capricorn and Cancer.

2:03.6

The Arctic Circle is not a fixed point. It changes over time, but very, very slowly.

2:10.6

Every year the Arctic Circle moves 14.5 meters or 48 feet to the north.

2:21.4

And this will continue for approximately another 10,000 years,

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