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Polar Regions

American  

plural noun

  1. the regions within the Arctic and Antarctic circles.


Example Sentences

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The geomagnetic field directs the solar storm particles into the atmosphere primarily through the Polar regions.

From Science Daily • Apr. 4, 2024

“It’s not over yet,” Mr. Carbin said, adding that cold air the Polar regions was “far from used up.”

From New York Times • Jan. 22, 2024

Polar regions contain vast, undiscovered biodiversity but are both the most-threatened and least-understood areas of the world.

From Science Daily • Nov. 20, 2023

Polar regions make research hard — one year the ice was so thick that the scientists’ boat couldn’t reach the shore — but when the weather cooperates the sites offer fossil hunters distinct advantages.

From Time • Sep. 11, 2012

It at times decimates the reindeer herds in Lapland and the Polar regions, and is only too well known in the tropics and in temperate latitudes.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 2 "Anjar" to "Apollo" by Various