Arctic tern

Two years into an Arctic expedition, they were forced to abandon ship a thousand miles north of Siberia.
The Best Nonfiction Books of 2014|William O’Connor|December 14, 2014|DAILY BEAST
At Studio Stagetti, I shot a man with more picks and axes than I have ever seen outside an arctic expedition.
Damien Hirst’s Army of Geppettos|Tim Teeman|December 2, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Some of this is just a natural part of adapting to the natural climate change that is happening in the Arctic.
Russia Preps Its North Pole Invasion|Dave Majumdar|November 8, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Russia is rapidly building up its military forces in the Arctic in an effort to secure its claims in the frigid region.
Russia Preps Its North Pole Invasion|Dave Majumdar|November 8, 2014|DAILY BEAST

But beyond the strict realm of national security, the Arctic is becoming increasingly important to Russia economically.
Russia Preps Its North Pole Invasion|Dave Majumdar|November 8, 2014|DAILY BEAST
It was depressing to think of going to bed in such circumstances with the yelling of an Arctic storm for a lullaby.
The Giant of the North|R.M. Ballantyne
When it cleared, the valley was a solid expanse of white, and the stars shone out as if in an Arctic sky.
Ramona|Helen Hunt Jackson
The Common Tern is a regular but not numerous spring and autumn visitant to the Islands, some remaining to breed.
Birds of Guernsey (1879)|Cecil Smith
This shelter, however, was sufficient in the long summer day of the Arctic regions.
The History of England from the Accession of James II.|Thomas Babington Macaulay
I mark this by inserting a paragraph-mark ( ) at the beginning of each tern.
Chaucer's Works, Volume 1 (of 7) -- Romaunt of the Rose; Minor Poems|Geoffrey Chaucer

British Dictionary definitions for Arctic tern

arctic tern

noun

a black-capped tern, Sterna paradisea, that breeds in the Arctic and then migrates as far south as the Antarctic

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