Arctic Circle
The latest news, updates and features on the Arctic, a region surrounding the North Pole within the Arctic Circle, which is a line of latitude around Earth where the sun does not set during the Summer Solstice or rise during the Winter Solstice. Areas typically associated with the Arctic include Svalbard in Norway, Swedish Lapland, Siberia in Russia, Alaska in the US, and Greenland, among others.
![The scenery in Ittoqqortoormiit, East Greenland which might be the most remote holiday destination on the planet. See SWNS story SWBRdestination; Thinking of escaping the 'rat race'? Then you can't get much further than this ...a remote hotel in Greenland which is 500-miles from anywhere. The settlement of Ittoqqortoormiit [CORR] in East Greenland has a buzzing population ??? of 450 people ??? and the odd polar bear. It takes three flights and a helicopter ride to travel the 1,486 miles from London and frequently posts temperatures below 20 degrees Celsius, making it one of the coldest places on earth. However, the tiny town offers front-row seats to the cosmic display of Aurora Borealis ??? also known as the Northern Lights. It???s also the gateway to the National Park of North-East Greenland, which is the biggest national park in the world.](https://metro.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/sei_42511566-6cda.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=646&h=363&crop=1)
