Alaska is on the border of northwestern Canada, far enough north that part of it is within the Arctic Circle.

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Near the Arctic Circle, it was the final part of the nation to be explored and settled.

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Some people say he was last seen in Alaska, or even the Arctic Circle.

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Save the Children missions today stretch from the Arctic Circle to the Cape of Good Hope, providing food, education and medicine.

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The enormous shroud of fine mineral dust particles now stretches from the Arctic Circle in the north to the French Mediterranean coast in the south, and from Spain into Russia.

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He also noted that Shell is awaiting word on licenses from the U.S. government before deciding whether it will resume attempts to drill offshore in the Arctic circle off the shore of Alaska in 2014, something that is opposed by environmental groups.

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