USCGC Polar Star (WAGB-10) is a United States Coast Guard heavy icebreaker. Commissioned in 1976, the ship was built by Lockheed Shipbuilding and Construction...
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with the North Star (Polaris) becomes evident in the title Cynosura seu Mariana Stella Polaris (i.e. "Cynosure, or the Marian Polar Star"), a collection...
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The Royal Order of the Polar Star (Swedish: Kungliga Nordstjärneorden), sometimes translated as the Royal Order of the North Star, is a Swedish order of...
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In astronomy, a polar is a highly magnetic type of cataclysmic variable (CV) binary star system, originally known as an AM Herculis star after the prototype...
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The Polar Star diamond is a 41.28 carat brilliant cushion-cut diamond, from the Golconda region in India. Its lower pavilion is arranged as an eight-pointed...
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Operation Polar Star (Russian: Операция Полярная звезда, Operatsia Polyarnaya Zvezda) was an operation conducted by the Soviet Leningrad, Volkhov and Northwestern...
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Cape Polar Star (73°38′S 169°40′E / 73.633°S 169.667°E / -73.633; 169.667) is a bold cape which forms the southwest extremity of Coulman Island in northwestern...
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Polar Star is a 1989 crime novel by Martin Cruz Smith, set in the Soviet Union in the late 1980s. It is a sequel to Gorky Park and features former militsiya...
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Polestar (disambiguation) (redirect from Polar star (disambiguation))
or polar star may refer to: Pole star, a bright star that is approximately aligned with the axis of rotation of a planet Polaris, North Pole star of the...
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Order of the Polar Star is a national award in many nations, namely the following: Order of the Polar Star (Sweden) Order of the Polar Star (Norway) Order...
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