The Arctic Circle is one of the two polar circles, and the northernmost of the five major circles of latitude as shown on maps of Earth at about 66° 34' N. Its southern counterpart is the Antarctic Circle, which encompasses Antarctica.
History
North of the Arctic Circle is the location of both North Poles, magnetic and geographic, the Fortress of Solitude, and Santa's Workshop.
Earth-S
- Rodney Stark's sub-surface airbase, and his tribe of Pleistocene Giants, were hidden near the North Pole.[1]
Quality Universe
- A lost tropical valley, within a few miles of the magnetic North Pole, under tons of ice, with primitive humans and non-dinosaur giant animals, was found by one expedition.[2]
- Another tropical forest in another volcanically-heated valley, populated by elephants and tigers and cavemen, was found in the Alaskan part of the Arctic Circle, open to the atmosphere.[3]
- Polar City was concealed in a valley under tons of ice, and warmed by hot spring geysers, with mine shafts for gold, silver, and pitchblende. Polar City was destroyed by its own insane ruler.[4]
Earth-One
- Mohole 1 Research Station was the site of the accident that began the career of Killer Frost.
- Skartaris entrance:
- The entrance to the lost world of Skartaris originally was a physical passage to the center of the Earth.
Earth-Two
- In the 1930s, the anthropomorphic penguin and polar bear Pelion and Ossa lived in the Arctic, along with a few other talking animals. They later moved south to the United States.
- In the 1930s, a nomadic African tribe of pioneers roved the icy wastelands of this region.[5]
- In the 1930s, the late Ice Menace, Berhener's final base was on an island north of Greenland.[6]
- In the 1950s, the Mole Men of the World Below the North Pole, packing paralyzing ray rifles and riding polar bears, dwelt in a subterranean city.[7]
New Earth
- Skartaris entrance:
- The passage to Skartaris has been retconned to be a dimensional rift.
- The Arctic Circle was a beachhead for the Alien Alliance during an Invasion! of combined extraterrestrial forces. Aquaman and his Atlantean soldiers teamed up with the Doom Patrol and the Sea Devils to fight off Gil'Dishpan invaders in a climactic battle underneath the ice cold sea.[8]
Points of Interest
- North Pole (all worlds)
- Santa's Workshop (many worlds)
- Superman's Fortress of Solitude (several worlds)
Residents
- Circumpolar peoples
- Santa Claus
- Pelion and Ossa, before moving to America
See Also
- Appearances of Arctic Circle
- Location Gallery: Arctic Circle
- Catalogued images related to Arctic Circle
Links and References
- ↑ Whiz Comics #7, Captain Marvel
- ↑ Hit Comics #3, Neon the Unknown
- ↑ Smash Comics #19, Invisible Justice
- ↑ Blackhawk #37
- ↑ Detective Comics #38, Cliff Crosby
- ↑ Action Comics #15, Zatara
- ↑ Wonder Woman #47
- ↑ Doom Patrol (Volume 2) #17, see excerpt
