polar
Example Sentences
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These convoys also had to battle the polar ice, which crept south in winter, narrowing the sea lanes between the icepack and the German bases in Norway.
Forget, for now, that “polar bear” ocean swim.
From Los Angeles Times
Work is under way on a South Atlantic island to preserve a key building in the story of polar explorer Ernest Shackleton.
From BBC
By Jan. 17—also known as “Ditch New Year’s Resolution Day”—the short-term cost of going to the gym, skipping dessert or taking a polar plunge feels even larger.
This period followed the polar sunrise -- a stretch of continuous daylight after months of darkness -- when increased ultraviolet light intensifies chemical reactions at the surface and in the lower atmosphere.
From Science Daily
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