transpolar
Britishadjective
Example Sentences
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"Increasingly, people are interested in the transpolar route," said Pfirman, the Barnard professor, adding that tourists are intrigued about far-north vacations, too.
From Scientific American ● Apr. 20, 2015
Therefore, he said, there was no need for Canadian nuclear de fense against a transpolar Russian strike.
From Time Magazine Archive
In any future world war, Alaska would be a prize in transpolar air warfare.
From Time Magazine Archive
It seems doubtful that even such sturdy characters as Shackleton and his crew could have made a transpolar crossing.
From Time Magazine Archive
There'd been a transpolar air invasion of Canada, and I'd been sent to the front to check on service failures of a new lubricating oil for combat equipment.
From Time and Time Again by H. Beam Piper
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