Circumpolar

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The term circumpolar may refer to:

• circumpolar navigation: to travel the world "vertically" traversing both of the poles
• Circumpolar mythology
• Circumpolar religion
• the Antarctic_Circumpolar_Current
• Circumpolar star, stars that never rise or set from the perspective of a given latitude on Earth.
• Arctic Circle
• North Pole of Earth
• South Pole of Earth
• Circumpolar People a term used to describe culturally discrete groups such as the Sami people, Yupik, Chukchi, Inu, Dene, Inuit, Inuvialuit, Thule Culture, and other groups that occupy a traditional habitat above the Arctic Circle. Convergent behaviours and lifestyles cause these groups to be roughly grouped together in contrast to "southern" cultural groups.