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Antarctic

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Ant·arc·ti·ca  (nt-ärkt-k, -ärt-)
A continent lying chiefly within the Antarctic Circle and asymmetrically centered on the South Pole. Some 95 percent of Antarctica is covered by an icecap averaging 1.6 km (1 mi) in thickness. The region was first explored in the early 1800s, and although there are no permanent settlements, many countries have made territorial claims. The Antarctic Treaty of 1959, signed by 12 nations, prohibited military operations on the continent and provided for the interchange of scientific data.

Ant·arctic adj. & n.

Antarctic [æntˈɑːktɪk]
n
(Placename) the. Also called: Antarctic Zone. Antarctica and the surrounding waters
adj
(Placename) of or relating to the south polar regions
[via Latin from Greek antarktikos; see anti-, arctic]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.AntarcticAntarctic - the region around the south pole: Antarctica and surrounding waters
Antarctic continent, Antarctica - an extremely cold continent at the south pole almost entirely below the Antarctic Circle; covered by an ice cap up to 13,000 feet deep; "Antarctica is twice the size of Australia"
Antarctic Ocean - the southern waters surrounding Antarctica
Adj.1.AntarcticAntarctic - at or near the south pole            
polar - of or existing at or near a geographical pole or within the Arctic or Antarctic Circles; "polar regions"

Antarctic
noun Antarctic zone, the Ice (N.Z.), Antarctica, South Pole A hole has opened up over the Antarctic over the past decade.
Translations
Antarctic [æntˈɑːktɪk]
A. ADJantártico
B. N the Antarcticel Antártico
C. CPD the Antarctic Circle Nel círculo Polar Antártico
the Antarctic Ocean Nel Océano Antártico

Antarctic [æntˈɑːrktɪk]
adjantarctique, austral(e)
n
the Antarctic → l'Antarctique m

Antarctic
adjantarktisch, der Antarktis
n the Antarcticdie Antarktis

Antarctic [æntˈɑːktɪk]
1. adjantartico/a
2. n the Antarcticl'Antartico

Antarctic
adj / n Antarctic [ӕntˈaːktik]
(with the) (of) the area round the South Pole. Antarkties مَنْطِقَة القُطْب الجُنوبِي: أنْتارَكْتيكا анратктически antarktisk; Antarktis die Antarktis Ανταρκτική antártico antarktiline, Antarktika وابسته به قطب جنوب Antarktis antarctique אֲנטַרקטִי दक्षिण-ध्रुव प्रदेश Antarktik Déli-sark Kutub Selatan, Antartika suðurskauts-, Suðurskautsland antartico 南極 남극의, 남극 Antarktis; antarktinis Antarktika; antarktisks; dienvidpola- antartik zuidpool-; zuidpoolgebied antarktisk, Antarktis antarktyczny, Antarktyka antárctico antarctic; Antarctica антарктический;Антарктика antarktický antarktičen; Antarktika antarktički, Antarktik antarktisk, Antarktis ที่ใกล้กับบริเวณขั้วโลกใต้ Antarktika, Güney Kutbu 南極 (的) південно-полярний, антарктичний قطب جنوبی کے گرد علاقہ Nam cực

Antarctic قطبي جنوبي Antarktida Antarktis Antarktik Ανταρκτική περιοχή región antártica Antarktis Antarctique Antarktik Antartico 南極 남극 Zuidpool Antarktis Antarktyka Antárctida, Antártica Антарктика Antarktis ที่ใกล้บริเวณขั้วโลกใต้ Güney Kutbu Nam Cực 南极


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Tashtego's long, lean, sable hair, his high cheek bones, and black rounding eyes --for an Indian, Oriental in their largeness, but Antarctic in their glittering expression --all this sufficiently proclaimed him an inheritor of the unvitiated blood of those proud warrior hunters, who, in quest of the great New England moose, had scoured, bow in hand, the aboriginal forests of the main.
The shape of continents allows us to divide the waters into five great portions: the Arctic or Frozen Ocean, the Antarctic, or Frozen Ocean, the Indian, the Atlantic, and the Pacific Oceans.
A chill south wind bites at my marrow, while far below me I can see the tropic foliage of Caspak on the one hand and huge icebergs from the near Antarctic upon the other.
 
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