Polar Regions

American  

plural noun

1. the regions within the Arctic and Antarctic circles.

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Example Sentences

China in 2015 updated its national-security law to include defending national interests in polar regions, seeking unfettered access to new sea lanes and resources, said Ryan Martinson, an associate professor at the U.S.

From The Wall Street Journal

Two British explorers earlier this year launched Arctic Research and Development, a startup aimed at putting autonomous systems into the polar regions.

From The Wall Street Journal

Although scientists do not expect to find fish swimming through Titan's slushy channels, any life discovered there might resemble organisms found in Earth's polar regions.

From Science Daily

"While we disagree about the process driving this change at Hektoria, we are in absolute agreement that the changes in the polar regions are scarily rapid, quicker than we expected even a decade ago," said Anna Hogg, professor of Earth observation at the University of Leeds.

From BBC

"We will need to exit Antarctica by the end of January because after that there are no planes and no logistics that can help us out," said 33-year-old Tordeur, who has travelled the polar regions for a decade.

From Barron's