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.
The Earth is (almost, but not quite) a sphere that rotates around its axis. If we draw a line passing through the center of the Earth along its rotational axis, the line would pass through the North and the South Pole. The Equator is an imaginary line perpendicular to this axis.It is equidistant from the two poles, and divides the globe into the Northern Hemisphere and the Southern Hemisphere.n addition to the Equator, there are four other major latitudes that are usually found on maps and globes. The Arctic Circle is the latitude 66Â° 32â² North. All locations falling North of this latitude are said to be in the Arctic Circle.