Crossword clues for antarctic
antarctic
- Worker takes heavy lorry round cold polar region
- American books on a Roman Catholic jerk from the far South?
- Polar region
- Insect on cacti circling round, right where it's very cold
- Of a polar region
- Icy area
- Southern, and then some
- South Pole's region
- South Pole continent, with "the"
- South polar region
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Antarctic \Ant*arc"tic\, a. [OE. antartik, OF. antartique, F. antarctique, L. antarcticus, fr. Gr. ?; ? + ? bear. See Arctic.] Opposite to the northern or arctic pole; relating to the southern pole or to the region near it, and applied especially to a circle, distant from the pole 23[deg] 28[min]. Thus we say the antarctic pole, circle, ocean, region, current, etc. [1913 Webster] ||
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
late 14c., antartyk "opposite to the north pole" (adj.), also (with capital A) "region around the South pole" (n.), from Old French antartique, from Medieval Latin antarcticus, from Greek antarktikos "opposite the north," from anti- "opposite" (see anti-) + arktikos "arctic" (see arctic). The first -c- sound ceased to be pronounced in Medieval Latin and was dropped in Old French. Modern English spelling, which restores it, dates from 17c.
Wiktionary
a. (alternative spelling of Antarctic English)
WordNet
adj. of or relating to Antarctica
at or near the south pole [syn: south-polar]
Wikipedia
The Antarctic (US English , UK English or and or ) is a polar region, specifically the region around the Earth's South Pole, opposite the Arctic region around the North Pole. The Antarctic comprises the continent of Antarctica and the ice shelves, waters, and island territories in the Southern Ocean situated south of the Antarctic Convergence. The region covers some 20% of the Southern Hemisphere, of which 5.5% (14 million km) is the surface area of the Antarctic continent itself.
Usage examples of "antarctic".
Do you mean that the Alamo is going to float all the way from the Antarctic to Texas on ocean currents?
Antarctic deep-ocean water carries nutrients which feed economically important fisheries in many parts of the world - Argentine hake, Brazilian tuna, South African pilchard and the remnants of the Peruvian anchoveta fishery.
Hans Eide was master and as assistant manager was Erik Bland, son of the chairman of the South Antarctic Whaling Company.
If the Fuegians are Antarctic Esquimaux, the Patagonians are Antarctic Tartars, leading a wandering life under tents made of skins of horses and guanacos, and hating all settled habits, but not so utterly inhospitable and impracticable as their neighbours beyond the Strait.
Otto Nordenskjold left Gothenburg on October 16, 1901, in the Antarctic, commanded by Captain C.
The delineation of the Australian continent, which is joined to the Antarctic lands, is taken from the preceding Mercator type of map.
These south polar dinosaurs are relatively small, and our knowledge of the paleogeography of that time suggests that they may not have been able to migrate great distances to get out of the Antarctic region during the winter months.
Captain James Cook -- one of the boldest and most capable seamen the world has known -- opens the series of Antarctic expeditions properly so called.
Ross had reached the sea now named after him, and the boldest voyage known in Antarctic exploration was accomplished.
If one compares the conditions of temperature in the Arctic and Antarctic regions, it will be seen that this temperature is an exceptionally low one.
When one thinks over it afterwards, it seems reasonable enough that the final victory of mild weather over the remains of the Antarctic winter cannot be accomplished without serious disturbances of the atmospheric conditions.
Before passing on to these, I must briefly mention a man who throughout his life insisted on the necessity and utility of Antarctic expeditions -- Professor Georg von Neumayer.
Antarctic exploration now shoots rapidly ahead, and the twentieth century opens with the splendidly equipped British and German expeditions in the Discovery and the Gauss, both national undertakings.
Few Antarctic expeditions have had such a thoroughly scientific equipment as that of the Gauss, both as regards appliances and personnel.
Nor did I feel any great scruples with regard to the other Antarctic expeditions that were being planned at the time.