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US
/æˈnɑɹtɪk, ænˈtɑɹktɪk/
]
[ UK /æntˈɑːktɪk/ ]
[ UK /æntˈɑːktɪk/ ]
NOUN
- the region around the south pole: Antarctica and surrounding waters
ADJECTIVE
- at or near the south pole
How To Use Antarctic In A Sentence
- Responsive phylotypes were mostly proteobacteria in the subarctic and California HNLC areas, but no changes were noted in the subantarctic experiments.
- The Japanese fisheries agency said activists on Thursday obstructed Japanese whaling in the Antarctic by throwing bottles of what it described as butyric acid onto whaling ships, as well as flashing laser lights and using water cannon. EcoEarth.Info Environment RSS Newsfeed
- The geographical results were fruitful; the Ross Sea, the Admiralty Range and the Great Ice Barrier were discovered and some eight hundred miles of Antarctic coastline were broadly delineated. The Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914
- As big as a goose and with a six-foot wingspan, the southern giant petrel nests throughout the Antarctic continent (as well as on several subantarctic islands).
- He measured the distance to the nearest Antarctic coast, and onwards to the South Pole.
- The Antarctic is an ideal environment to test the relationship between CO2 and IR reradiation. Unthreaded #5 « Climate Audit
- Satellite and ice measurements show the Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets are losing mass at an increasing rate, and mountain glacier melting is accelerating; 2010 February | Serendipity
- Antarctic, as freezing cold air rushes down from the top of the icecap towards the surrounding seas. Times, Sunday Times
- This also includes such environments as deep sea diving, solo flying, and Antarctic overwintering.
- OK, those who insist on going to Antarctica or the Sahara for their hols may not see many plants, but everywhere else things are growing which will brighten up even the dullest of trips.