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transpolar

British  
/ trænzˈpəʊlə /

adjective

  1. crossing a polar region

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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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

It seems doubtful that even such sturdy characters as Shackleton and his crew could have made a transpolar crossing.

From Time Magazine Archive

Offensively, Alaska was a strategic refueling point for transpolar B-36s.

From Time Magazine Archive

A few months before the '58 transpolar run, a leak "no larger than a human hair" developed in the steam-condenser system.

From Time Magazine Archive

There were two transpolar routes that passed within a few hundred miles of here, but no air transport he had ever seen made a noise like that.

From Anything You Can Do ... by Garrett, Randall

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