cold pole

noun

1. the location in the northern or southern hemisphere having the coldest annual mean temperature in that hemisphere.

Word History and Origins

Origin of cold pole¹

First recorded in 1905–10

Example Sentences

Strong winds blow during the summer and winter, from the hot to the cold pole; few winds during the spring and fall.

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Strange to say,210 this winter cold pole of the earth has warm summers.

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At the cold pole of north-eastern Siberia a January mean of -60 is found.

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