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Poles of the earth

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(Geog.) the two opposite points on the earth's surface through which its axis passes.

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The frozen poles of the earth do not coincide, either in the southern or in the northern regions; and, until it is proved to the contrary, we may suppose either a continent or an ocean free from ice at these two points of the globe.
20,000 Leagues Under The Sea by Verne, Jules View in context
I should like to have seen those poles of the earth on which the eye of man has never yet rested.
Round The Moon by Verne, Jules View in context
A little heat, that is a little motion, is all that differences the bald, dazzling white and deadly cold poles of the earth from the prolific tropical climates.
Essays, Second Series by Emerson, Ralph Waldo View in context
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