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Arctic Yuletide Cartographic Riddles
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- 1. Pertaining to the snow layer found in cryospheric studies
- 2. High Arctic archipelago governed by Norway's polar lease
- 3. Alpine folkloric figure punishing naughty children at Yuletide
- 4. Dialect term for midwinter celebrations honoring ice's grip
- 6. Intricately unique ice crystal falling in frozen festive climes
- 7. Region known for winter solstice festivities and snow-bound myths
- 9. Latin for 'heavy rain', often replaced by snow in polar zones
- 12. Celestial phenomenon illuminating polar skies in winter months
- 14. UNESCO site of Sámi culture beneath snow-laden fir forests
- 16. Scientific adjective describing snow-related environmental interactions
- 17. Traditional festive timber burned during the Northern winter solstice
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- 5. Old Finnish word for Christmas time ice harvest
- 8. Poetic compound hinting at foggy, frosty Christmas morn in cold zones
- 10. Biome where permafrost reigns and reindeer roam near solstice
- 11. Old English variant spelling hinting at midwinter sacred day
- 13. Mountainous terrain hosting snowy Christmas traditions across Europe
- 15. Technological term echoing snowy ice regions via light polarization
- 18. Canadian prairie province noted for harsh snowy Christmas climatology
- 19. Massive persistent ice bodies shaping Nordic landscapes
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