The Dashed Line of the Arctic Circle
![From left, Ryan West, Shawn Freitas, John Whittington, Doug Morrow, Bernie Tao, Darrin Marshall, and Andy Soria pose at the Arctic Circle pull-out on the Dalton Highway, where they camped in March 2009 to test the cold-weather performance of “Permaflo Biodiesel.” Photo courtesy Darrin Marshall. The Dashed Line of the Arctic Circle](https://alaska-native-news.com/wp-content/uploads/arctic-circle.jpg)
A friend and I just camped out at the Arctic Circle, about 200 miles north of where we live in Fairbanks. A dashed line on the map went right through our campsite. That line, the Arctic Circle, traces the northern hairline of the globe, at about 66 degrees north latitude. That means that when sleeping […]