Star of the North may refer to:

Places

Polaris Polaris is a star in the northern circumpolar constellation of Ursa Minor. It is designated α Ursae Minoris ( Latinized to ''Alpha Ursae Minoris'') and is commonly called the North Star or Pole Star. With an apparent magnitude that ...

, the star * Star of the North Secondary Charter School, Fairbanks North Star Borough School District, Fairbanks, Alaska, USA * Star of the North Inn, Old New England Highway, Liddell, Singleton Council, New South Wales, Australia; former name of the Chain of Ponds Inn

People

* ''Star of the North'', a nickname of

Catherine the Great , en, Catherine Alexeievna Romanova, link=yes , house = , father = Christian August, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst , mother = Joanna Elisabeth of Holstein-Gottorp , birth_date = , birth_name = Princess Sophie of Anhal ...

(1729–1796), Tsarina of Russia * ''The Star of the North'', a nickname of

George Gilfillan __NOTOC__ Rev George Gilfillan (30 January 1813 – 13 August 1878) was a Scottish author and poet. One of the spasmodic poets, Gilfillan was also an editor and commentator, with memoirs, critical dissertations in many editions of earlier British ...

(1813–1878), Scottish writer * ''Star of the North'', a nickname of

William Nicolson William Nicolson (1655–1727) was an English churchman, linguist and antiquarian. As a bishop he played a significant part in the House of Lords during the reign of Queen Anne, and left a diary that is an important source for the politics of ...

(1655–1727), English clergyman

Entertainment

* ''Star of the North'' (film) a 1914 U.S. silent film * ''

Airhawk ''Airhawk'', also known as ''Star of the North'', is a 1981 Australian television action film directed by David Baker and starring Eric Oldfield and Louise Howitt.Ed. Scott Murray, ''Australia on the Small Screen 1970-1995'', Oxford Uni Press, ...

'' (film), a 1981 Australian telefilm also released as "Star of the North" * ''Star of the North'' (book), a novel by

Anna Jacobs Anna Jacobs (born 1941 in Rochdale, Lancashire) is an English novelist. She graduated from the University of Leeds in 1962, before emigrating to Australia in 1973. She has written more than 80 novels, the majority of which are historical sagas ( ...

Ships

* ''Star of the North'', a British ship that ran

aground Ship grounding or ship stranding is the impact of a ship on seabed or waterway side. It may be intentional, as in beaching to land crew or cargo, and careening, for maintenance or repair, or unintentional, as in a marine accident. In accidenta ...

off Norfolk * ''Star of the North'', a British ship that wrecked off Greece * ''Star of the North'', a U.S. ship that sank in Michigan * ''Star of the North'', a British steam trawler built by

Hall, Russell & Company Hall, Russell & Company, Limited was a shipbuilder based in Aberdeen, Scotland. History Brothers James and William Hall, Thomas Russell, a Glasgow engineer, and James Cardno Couper founded the company in 1864 to build steam engines and boile ...

Other uses

* Order of the Star of the North, a Swedish chivalric order * "Star of the North", the motto for the

205th Infantry Brigade (United States) The 205th Infantry Brigade, was first formed as part of the United States Army Reserve's 103rd Division. It was active from 1921 to 1942 and then from 1963 through 1994, and then reformed in 2006. It was initially formed within the Organized Re ...

* "Star of the North", a

symbol A symbol is a mark, sign, or word that indicates, signifies, or is understood as representing an idea, object, or relationship. Symbols allow people to go beyond what is known or seen by creating linkages between otherwise very different conc ...

of Minnesota * Star of the North Games, the Minneosta State Games, part of the

National Congress of State Games The National Congress of State Games is an American nonprofit sports association, consisting of 29 full members and five developing members. NCSG members run 28 Summer Games and 10 Winter Games. The NCSG is part of the United States Olympic Committ ...

Latający Wilnianin Latający Wilnianin ( en, Flying Wilnianin ) was the popular name of a passenger train which in the interbellum period linked Warsaw with Wilno (now Vilnius, Lithuania). Another name for that train was ''Gwiazda Północy'' (''The Star of the North ...

, a Polish train service also called "Star of the North"

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