Polar Regions
Americanplural noun
Example Sentences
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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
Ever since Tom had seen Isobel on the end of the quay, on the day when the Dolphin set sail for the Polar Regions, his heart had been taken prisoner.
From The World of Ice by Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael)
The Former Climate of the Polar Regions," he says: "The character of the coasts in the Arctic regions is especially favourable to geological investigations.
From Island Life Or the Phenomena and Causes of Insular Faunas and Floras by Wallace, Alfred Russel
Just as various States have done for voyages of discovery in the Polar Regions, I offer a reward to the crew of this schooner.
From An Antarctic Mystery by Hoey, Frances Cashel
Reptiles and amphibia are altogether unknown in the Polar Regions, but a large number of fish, chiefly marine, have taken their origin there.
From The History of the European Fauna by Scharff, Robert Francis
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