Frigid Zone

American  

noun

1. either of two regions, one between the Arctic Circle and the North Pole, or one between the Antarctic Circle and the South Pole.

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Frigid Zone British  

noun

1. archaic the cold region inside the Arctic or Antarctic Circle where the sun's rays are very oblique

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Frigid Zone Scientific  

/ frĭj′ĭd /

1. Either of two regions of the Earth of extreme latitude, the North Frigid Zone, extending north of the Arctic Circle, or the South Frigid Zone, extending south of the Antarctic Circle.

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Etymology

Origin of Frigid Zone

First recorded in 1590–1600

Example Sentences

“You think, then, that the secrets of the most remote districts of Africa and Australia will have been fathomed before the Frigid Zone has been entirely examined?”

From The Fur Country Seventy Degrees North Latitude by D'Anvers, N.

North America stretches far up north into the North Frigid Zone and far south into the Torrid Zone, but most of it lies in the North Temperate Zone.

From Where We Live A Home Geography by Jacobs, Emilie Van Beil

Interest in the account of my journey did for a time beguile him into forgetfulness of my offense, but his mind at last reverted to it; hence his return to the Frigid Zone.

From Crestlands A Centennial Story of Cane Ridge by Bayne, Mary Addams

Some day another expedition, more up to date than ours, will force its way into the Heart of that Frigid Zone.

From South with Scott by Mountevans, Edward Ratcliffe Garth Russell Evans, baron

The space between the Arctic Circle and the pole is therefore called the Arctic region, or the Frigid Zone.

From The Land of the Long Night by Du Chaillu, Paul B. (Paul Belloni)