World Atlas 2010 (4th edition)

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Arctic Circle

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Tromsø

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The sun is continuously visible from lateMay to late July in Tromsø because of itsposition well north of the Arctic Circle.

The North Cape Current warms the northern coasts of Norway,Finland, and Russia’s Kola Peninsula with water temperaturesof 39–54º F (4–12º C), allowing this area of the Barents Seato remain free of pack ice throughout the winter.

Scandinavia is still recovering from the last ice age, when the land was depressed 2000 ft (600 m) by the weight of the ice. Today, the Earth’s crust is “rebounding” at the rate of 0.3 inches (9 mm) a year in the Gulf of Bothnia.

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