Polar Regions

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Po·lar Regions (p

The various lands and waters surrounding the North Pole and the South Pole, known respectively as the North Polar Region and the South Polar Region.

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circumpolar
Frigid Zone
North Polar Region
polar cap

polar region
polar zone
snow line
South Polar Region

"It is very much," replied Barbicane; "the temperature which was observed in the polar regions, at Melville Island and Fort Reliance, that is 76@ Fahrenheit below zero.

Round The Moon by Verne, Jules View in context

So they came and went every day, with a peculiar shriek from the locomotive, from and to some point of the polar regions, as it seemed to me, like a flock of arctic snow-birds.

Walden & on the Duty of Civil Disobedience by Thoreau, Henry David View in context

The same with a returning explorer from the polar regions, or the latest literary or artistic success.

The Iron Heel by London, Jack View in context

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