February 04, 1993|Kirsten Lee Swartz, Times community correspondent. Long Beach officials recently decided to set up storefront police stations that will be staffed by volunteers and serve as drop-in centers for officers and residents.
The Arctic Circle is a region on Earth that is marked as one of the five major circles of latitude on maps of our planet.It is located between the Arctic to its north and the Northern Temperate Zone to its south. Its counterpart in the Southern Hemisphere is known as the Antarctic Circle.In addition to the Antarctic Circle, the other three major latitude lines are the Tropic of Cancer, the Tropic of Capricorn, and the Equator.The Arctic Circle is the farthest southern region that experiences polar day and polar night.ts counterpart in the Southern Hemisphere is known as the Antarctic Circle. In addition to the Antarctic Circle, the other three major latitude lines are the Tropic of Cancer, the Tropic of Capricorn, and the Equator.
Circles of Latitude & Longitude - The Equator, The Prime Meridian, The Tropic of Cancer and Capricorn. On the map shown, and for that matter on all other maps, the Arctic Circle, Antarctic Circle, Equator, Prime Meridian, Tropic of Cancer and Tropic of Capricorn are imaginary lines.