What is "subpolar"

Usage examples of "subpolar".

His walls, where not occupied with video windows, were hung with expensive tapestries from his old home world, and luxurious furs from the subpolar regions of this new home world.

Jerry and she had spent their honeymoon at Dayan's only winter resort, on one of the subpolar islands.

Its continuous change of attitude was imperceptible at a glance, but it was locked on to a Soviet telecommunications satellite that was in a tight subpolar orbit high above the masses of slate-colored clouds.