North Pole

…Currently (1985), the second magnitude star Alpha Ursa Minor is located at a declination of about +89 degrees, and is called the North Star. [Kiichiro Furukawa]
[Earth's North Pole]

[Arctic region]
In the narrow sense, the North Pole is the northernmost point of the Earth's axis, located at 90° north latitude. In the broad sense, the Arctic refers to the Arctic region, which includes the northern borders of the Eurasian and North American continents, as well as Greenland, centered on the Arctic Ocean.

*Some of the terminology that mentions "North Pole" is listed below.

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…現在(1985)は赤緯約＋89゜のところに2等星のこぐま座のα星があり，これを北極星と呼んでいる。【古川 麒一郎】
〔地球の北極〕

【北極地域】
　北極は狭義には地軸の北端の北緯90゜の北極点North Poleを指す。広義には北極海を中心とする，ユーラシア，北アメリカ両大陸の北辺，グリーンランドを含む北極地域Arcticを指す。…

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