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austral

[aw-struhl] / ˈɔ strəl /
ADJECTIVE
southern
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Researchers later determined that the remaining ice was still grounded during the 2022 austral spring based on earthquakes detected beneath the glacier.

From Science Daily ● May 19, 2026

“It is noteworthy that these record temperatures occurred before the beginning of the austral summer season, making them particularly exceptional,” the group wrote.

From Scientific American ● Jun. 15, 2023

Only about 60% of the people working in the USAP—a community that swells to 1200 in the austral summer—report to Leidos or one of its subcontractors.

From Science Magazine ● Apr. 5, 2023

Tomine is a devotee of fishing the austral summer in South America’s Patagonia, from which he had just returned when he spoke to The Seattle Times in early April.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 7, 2022

It was then the midst of the semi-darkness of the austral night that the Paracuta pursued her monotonous course.

From An Antarctic Mystery by Frances Cashel Hoey

They typically convert their currency -- pesos, cruzados or australes -- into U.S. dollars, because they are a better store of value.

From Time Magazine Archive

At the solicitation of his friend Buffon, he undertook his Histoire des navigations aux terres australes, which was published in 1756, in two vols. 4to, with maps.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria" by Various

The aurora borealia, or rather, the polar aurora,—for there are aurorae australes as well as aurorae boreales,—has been an object of wonder and admiration from time immemorial.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 26, December, 1859 by Various




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