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antarctic

[ant-ahrk-tik, -ahr-tik] / æntˈɑrk tɪk, -ˈɑr tɪk /
ADJECTIVE
frigid
Synonyms
STRONGEST
chilly freezing frosty frozen glacial ice-cold icy wintry
WEAK
Siberian arctic chill cool frost-bound gelid hyperboreal icebox refrigerated snappy three-dog night
Antonyms
STRONGEST
friendly heated hot warm
WEAK
amicable amorous lovable loving responsive
ADJECTIVE
frosty
Synonyms
STRONGEST
chilly frigid glacial icy wintry
WEAK
arctic chill cool frozen gelid hoar ice-capped icicled nippy rimy shivery
Antonyms
STRONGEST
amicable friendly hot responsive warm
WEAK
heated
ADJECTIVE
frozen
Synonyms
STRONGEST
chilled frigid ice-cold iced icy
STRONG
frosted numb
WEAK
Siberian arctic ice-covered icebound
Antonyms
STRONGEST
hot warm
WEAK
boiling heated
ADJECTIVE
glacial
Synonyms
STRONGEST
freezing frigid frosty frozen icy polar
WEAK
arctic biting bitter chill chilly cool gelid nippy piercing raw wintry
Antonyms
STRONGEST
heated hot warm
WEAK
amicable friendly
ADJECTIVE
icy
Synonyms
STRONGEST
chilly cold freezing frigid frosty glacial polar raw
WEAK
algific arctic biting bitter chill chilled to the bone chilling frigorific frost-bound frozen over gelid glaring iced refrigerated rimy shivering shivery sleeted smooth as glass
Antonyms
STRONGEST
heated hot warm
WEAK
unfrozen watery

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In 1981, a chance meeting with Attenborough led to Allan working on the documentary series Living Planet, part of which was filmed in the Antarctic.

From BBC • Apr. 8, 2026

The 1959 Antarctic Treaty froze existing territorial claims and prohibited the assertion of new claims “while the present Treaty is in force.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026

The researchers combined these simulations with an Antarctic Ice Sheet model from a 2024 Science study, linking it with ocean, atmosphere, and land systems to track how currents evolved.

From Science Daily • Apr. 7, 2026

For this work, researchers from AWI's Palaeoclimate Dynamics and Marine Geology divisions collaborated with international partners, including the Australian Centre of Excellence in Antarctic Science and the Antarctic Research Centre Wellington.

From Science Daily • Apr. 7, 2026

But, after all, they were in the Antarctic, not Hyde Park in London.

From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong