arctic pole

  • 41Pole to Pole — Infobox Television bgcolour = #D6B97A show name = Pole to Pole caption = DVD cover format = Travel camera = picture format = audio format = runtime = 50 min creator = developer = executive producer = starring = Michael Palin narrated = opentheme …

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  • 42arctic — 1. adjective 1) (Arctic) Arctic waters Syn: polar, far northern, boreal; literary hyperborean 2) arctic weather conditions Syn: (bitterly) cold, wintry, freezing, frozen, icy …

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  • 43Arctic Ocean — noun ice covered waters surrounding the North Pole; mostly covered with solid ice or with ice floes and icebergs • Instance Hypernyms: ↑ocean • Part Meronyms: ↑Svalbard, ↑Greenland, ↑Gronland, ↑Kalaallit Nunaat, ↑Baffin Island, ↑ …

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  • 44arctic — I. adjective Etymology: Middle English artik, from Latin arcticus, from Greek arktikos, from arktos bear, Ursa Major, north; akin to Latin ursus bear, Sanskrit ṛkṣa Date: 14th century 1. often capitalized of, or relating to, or suitable for use… …

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  • 45Arctic — Arc|tic arctic [ˈa:ktık US ˈa:rk ] adj [only before noun] [Date: 1300 1400; : Latin; Origin: arcticus, from Greek, from arktos bear, Ursa Major (= bear shaped group of stars in the northern sky), north ] 1.) relating to the most northern part of… …

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  • 46arctic — [[t]ɑ͟ː(r)ktɪk[/t]] 1) N PROPER: the N The Arctic is the area of the world around the North Pole. It is extremely cold and there is very little light in winter and very little darkness in summer. ...winter in the Arctic. ...Arctic ice. Ant:… …

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  • 47arctic — adj. [Gr. arktos, bear] 1. Pertaining to the region of the North Pole within the Arctic Circle. 2. Pertaining to the high latitude regions, that may or may not be inside the geographical Arctic Circle, from which tree growth is normally absent,… …

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  • 48Arctic — 1. noun /ˈɑːktɪk,ˈɑːtɪk,ˈɑɻktɪk,ˈɑɻtɪk/ A region of the Earth above the Arctic Circle, containing the North Pole. 2. adjective /ˈɑːktɪk,ˈɑːtɪk,ˈɑɻktɪk,ˈɑɻtɪk/ Of or pertaining to the Arctic …

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  • 49arctic — [14] Etymologically, the Arctic is the region of the ‘bear’. Nothing to do with polar bears, though. The characteristic constellations of the northern hemisphere are the ‘Little Bear’ (Latin Ursa Minor), which contains the northern celestial pole …

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  • 50arctic — [14] Etymologically, the Arctic is the region of the ‘bear’. Nothing to do with polar bears, though. The characteristic constellations of the northern hemisphere are the ‘Little Bear’ (Latin Ursa Minor), which contains the northern celestial pole …

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