Borealis (Latin for ''northern'' or ''of the north'') may refer to:

Astronomy

Borealis Basin The North Polar Basin, more commonly known as the Borealis Basin, is a large Depression (geology), basin in the northern hemisphere of Mars that covers 40% of the planet. Some scientists have postulated that the basin formed during the Impact ev ...

or North Polar Basin, a basin on the planet Mars *

Borealis quadrangle The Borealis quadrangle is a quadrangle on Mercury surrounding the north pole down to 65° latitude. It was mapped in its entirety by the ''MESSENGER'' spacecraft, which orbited the planet from 2008 to 2015, excluding areas of permanent shadow n ...

, an area on the planet Mercury **

Borealis Planitia Borealis Planitia is a large plain on Mercury with a smooth floor, thought to be similar to a lunar mare The lunar maria (; singular: mare ) are large, dark, basaltic plains on Earth's Moon, formed by ancient asteroid impacts on the far sid ...

, a basin within the quadrangle

Commerce

Borealis AG Borealis AG is an Austrian chemical company and is the world's eighth largest producer of polyethylene (PE) and polypropylene (PP). It is headquartered in Vienna, Austria. Overview Borealis is an international provider of polyolefins, base ...

, an international company based in Vienna, Austria, which produces polyethylene and polypropylene * Borealis Alliance, an alliance among the north-west European Air Navigation Service Providers * Borealis Exploration Limited, a Gibraltar-based research and development company * Borealis, a configuration of the Canadian NAACO Brigadier pistol * MS ''Borealis'', a cruise ship from

Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines is a UK-based, Norwegian-owned cruise shipping line with four cruise ships. The company is owned by Bonheur and Ganger Rolf and is headquartered in Ipswich, Suffolk, in the United Kingdom. The company is part of the F ...

* OMERS Infrastructure, formerly Borealis Infrastructure, an investment division of

OMERS The Ontario Municipal Employees Retirement System (OMERS) is a Canadian public pension fund, headquartered in Toronto, Ontario. OMERS is a defined benefit, jointly sponsored, multi-employer public pension plan created in 1962 by Ontario provinc ...

(Ontario Municipal Employees Retirement System)

Media

Borealis (band) Borealis is a Canadian power/progressive metal band from Orangeville, Ontario. Their first album was recorded in light of a well received opening performance for Sonata Arctica. When the band began in 2005, they originally employed a female op ...

, a power metal band from Ontario, Canada *

Borealis (festival) Borealis is an annually recurring Norwegian contemporary music festival located in Bergen since 2006. The festival is a continuation of the earlier festivals Music Factory and Autunnale. A large number of cultural institutions in Bergen are backin ...

, a Norwegian music festival * ''Borealis'' (2008 film), a documentary film directed by Frank Wolf * ''Borealis'' (2013 film) (a/k/a ''Survival Code''), a science fiction television film directed by David Frazee * ''Borealis'' (2015 film), a comedy-drama film directed by Sean Garrity * ''Borealis'' (2020 film), a documentary film directed by Kevin McMahon *

Borealis Records Borealis Records is a Canadian record label, founded in 1996 by four Canadian musicians. It is notable as being focused exclusively on the recording and development of Canadian folk and roots music artists. History In 1996, Canadian musician ...

, a Canadian record label * ''Borealis'', a fictional ship in the ''

Half-Life Half-life (symbol ) is the time required for a quantity (of substance) to reduce to half of its initial value. The term is commonly used in nuclear physics to describe how quickly unstable atoms undergo radioactive decay or how long stable ato ...

'' and ''Portal'' video game series * Borealis (song), from the 2019 studio album

Good Faith In human interactions, good faith ( la, bona fides) is a sincere intention to be fair, open, and honest, regardless of the outcome of the interaction. Some Latin phrases have lost their literal meaning over centuries, but that is not the case ...

by French music producer

Madeon Hugo Pierre Leclercq (; born 30 May 1994), better known by his stage name Madeon (), is a French DJ and music producer from Nantes, currently based in Los Angeles. He initially came to widespread public attention at 17 through a YouTube video, " ...

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