Borealis Explained

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

Astronomy

• Borealis Basin or North Polar Basin, a basin on the planet Mars
• Borealis quadrangle, an area on the planet Mercury
  • Borealis Planitia, a basin within the quadrangle

Transportation

• Borealis (train), an Amtrak inter-city rail service
• MS Borealis, a cruise ship of Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines

Organizations

• Borealis AG, 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, a Gibraltar-based research and development company
• OMERS Infrastructure, formerly Borealis Infrastructure, an investment division of OMERS (Ontario Municipal Employees Retirement System)

Media

• Borealis (band), a power metal band from Ontario, Canada
• Borealis (festival), 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, a Canadian record label
• Borealis, a ship in the Half-Life and Portal video game series
• Borealis, the Freezing Fog , a creature from the 2022 video game Elden Ring
• Borealis, a song from the 2019 album Good Faith by French music producer Madeon

Other

• Borealis, a configuration of the Canadian NAACO Brigadier pistol

See also

• Aurora Borealis (disambiguation)
• Boreal (disambiguation)