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/pˈoʊlər rˈidʒən/ Listen

Polar region

noun

The part of the Earth's surface forming a cap over a pole; characterized by frigid climate. Synonyms: Frigid Zone, polar zone.

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"Polar region" Quotes from Famous Books

... me terra incognita, far more deserving of the name (now Parry and Ross are returned) than any part of the polar region; but the first voyage amused me most and when I had seen red snow, and heard of men who wanted our sailors to fly, because they perceived they could swim, I really thought it time to lie down and die; but one cannot die when one will, so I have hung half on, half off, society this ...

— The Diary and Letters of Madame D'Arblay Volume 3 • Madame D'Arblay

... great light-giving planets were up, and never a chance did Fate give me all that time of parting company with them. About midnight we were right into the region of snow and ice, not the actual polar region of the planet, as I afterwards guessed, but one of those long outliers which follow the course of the broad waterways almost into fertile regions, and the cold, though intense, was somewhat modified by the ...

— Gulliver of Mars • Edwin L. Arnold

Words linked to "Polar region" : Antarctic Zone, Arctic Zone, arctic, climatic zone, Frigid Zone, North Frigid Zone, Antarctic, South Frigid Zone