Polcirkeln Traditional Cache
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Polcirkeln, en cache som är lätt åtkomlig.
Artic circle, a cache that is easy to get.
En polcirkel är den yttersta parallellcirkeln räknat från polen, där solen ej går ner vid sommarsolståndet. Detta fenomen kallas för midnattssol. Den är också den yttersta linje från polen räknat, som förbinder de punkter där man vid vintersolståndet inte ser solen stiga över horisonten. Detta kallas för middagsmörker.
En polcirkel uppstår både på norra och på södra halvklotet längsmed den 66,6° breddgraden på grund av jordaxelns lutning. Dessa kallas därför norra och södra polcirklarna. Polcirklarnas exakta lägen flyttas med något tiotal meter per år beroende på att jorden påverkas av gravitationen från månen och solen
The Arctic Circle is one of the five major circles of latitude that mark maps of the Earth. This is the parallel of latitude that (in 2000) runs 66° 33' 39? (or 66.56083°) north of the Equator. Everything north of this circle is known as the Arctic, and the zone just to the south of this circle is the Northern Temperate Zone.
The Arctic Circle marks the southern extremity of the polar day (24 hour sunlit day) of the summer solstice in June and the polar night (24 hour sunless night) of the winter solstice in December. Within the Arctic Circle, the sun is above the horizon for 24 continuous hours at least once per year, in conjunction with the arctic’s summer solstice – this is often referred to in local vernacular as midnight sun. Likewise, in conjunction with the Arctic’s Winter Solstice, the Arctic sun will be below the horizon for at least 24 continuous hours. (In fact, because of the atmospheric refraction and because the sun appears as a disk and not a point, part of the midnight sun may be seen at the night of the summer solstice up to about 50' (90 km) south of the geometric arctic circle; similarly, at the day of the winter solstice part of the sun may be seen up to about 50' north of the geometric arctic circle. This is true at sea level; these limits increase with elevation above sea level, however in mountainous regions there is often no direct view of the horizon
Additional Hints
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Vaar/vafvqr
Svyzohex/Svyz pnavfgre
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