Polar Regions
Americanplural noun
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As Rod Downie, chief adviser for the WWF on Polar Regions, put it: "Freya posed a danger to the public - and the public posed a danger to Freya."
From BBC • Aug. 19, 2022
Of these it remains to be seen how many have come direct by way of Northern Europe or from the Polar Regions by way of Asia.
From The History of the European Fauna by Scharff, Robert Francis
The officers who remained on board the Hecla during the summer described the weather as the most beautiful, and the climate altogether the most agreeable, they had ever experienced in the Polar Regions.
From Three Voyages for the Discovery of a Northwest Passage from the Atlantic to the Pacific, and Narrative of an Attempt to Reach the North Pole, Volume 2 by Parry, William Edward, Sir
Winter passed away, with its darkness and its frost, and, happily, with its sorrows; and summer—bright, glowing summer—came at last, to gladden the heart of man and beast in the Polar Regions.
From The World of Ice by Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael)
An admission is thus obtained from these two independent authorities that the climate during the Glacial period must have been vastly less severe in the Polar Regions than is generally conceded.
From The History of the European Fauna by Scharff, Robert Francis
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