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

The region around it is the North Frigid Zone.

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

Many of the Frigid Zone animals are covered with heavy fur.

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

“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.

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

There is a South Pole and a South Frigid Zone as cold as the northern one.

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