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By observing the polar regions of the Sun on three occasions and in three wavebands, polar faculae in the photosphere were studied and compared to features found in the chromosphere at wavelengths of calcium II K and hydrogen-alpha. It was found that the white-light polar faculae are closely associated with calcium II K bright plage, but more tenuously associated with hydrogen-alpha plage. Associations were more consistent for hydrogen-alpha mottles, although non-specific correlations could not be excluded.