Antarctic
adjective
Relating to the south pole or the regions around the south pole.
Penguins are native to the Antarctic region.
Often appears as...
- antarctic region
- antarctic circle
noun
The area around the Earth south of the Antarctic Circle.
They are planning to travel to the Antarctic next summer.
Often appears as...
- travel to the antarctic
- exploring the antarctic
adjective
Relating to the south pole or the regions around the south pole.
Penguins are native to the Antarctic region.
Often appears as...
- antarctic region
- antarctic circle
noun
The area around the Earth south of the Antarctic Circle.
They are planning to travel to the Antarctic next summer.
Often appears as...
- travel to the antarctic
- exploring the antarctic
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Geographic Specificity
Used to describe things specifically at or near Earth's southernmost point, not just 'cold' or 'icy'.
Many antarctic animals have adapted to extreme cold.
Pro Tip 2/3Environmental Context
Often used when discussing climate, geography, and ecology of the south polar region.
Antarctic ice sheets are critical for global climate.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Just Weather
While 'antarctic' suggests cold, it also applies to flora, fauna, and geological features.
Antarctic research includes studying unique wildlife.
Pro Tip 1/3Geographic Specificity
Used to describe things specifically at or near Earth's southernmost point, not just 'cold' or 'icy'.
Many antarctic animals have adapted to extreme cold.
Pro Tip 2/3Environmental Context
Often used when discussing climate, geography, and ecology of the south polar region.
Antarctic ice sheets are critical for global climate.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Just Weather
While 'antarctic' suggests cold, it also applies to flora, fauna, and geological features.
Antarctic research includes studying unique wildlife.
Pro Tip 1/3Geographic Specificity
Used to describe things specifically at or near Earth's southernmost point, not just 'cold' or 'icy'.
Many antarctic animals have adapted to extreme cold.
Pro Tip 2/3Environmental Context
Often used when discussing climate, geography, and ecology of the south polar region.
Antarctic ice sheets are critical for global climate.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Just Weather
While 'antarctic' suggests cold, it also applies to flora, fauna, and geological features.
Antarctic research includes studying unique wildlife.
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Video examples
Making waves: The power...
In the polar regions, we see how this small local process effects global movement. In the arctic and antarctic, where ice slabs decorate the water's surface, there's little temperature difference between surface and deeper waters. It's all pretty cold. But salinity differs,
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What does an alien look...
live inside impact sorted rocks and they use them for energy and for protection these are actually two types of organisms we expect to find on Mars now finally the most mars-like environment of the earth is the Antarctic Dry Valleys and here is where
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How a single-celled...
Cyanobacteria are still around in almost every environment on oceans, fresh water, soil, antarctic rocks, sloth fur. They still pump oxygen into the atmosphere, and they also pull nitrogen out to fertilize the plants they helped create.
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A Collection Of Wild...
and now look ready to take on the world those that survive their first year have the best possible start in life thanks to the extraordinary hardships endured by their parents parents who battled with the antarctic
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Deep Sea Diving For Food...
feed the krill that ice home disappears suddenly the krill have to take that important place in the wider world and seeking safety in numbers they gather in colossal swarms the sheer mass of the antarctic krill is
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Fighting Over Abandoned...
here and survive but for antarctic animals it's like a warm bath compared to conditions above the ice and while the top of the ice is bleak and barren just a few feet down is a busy living world
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Leopard Seals Play With...
i'm lucky enough to do a lot of my work in the polar regions of the world so up north in the arctic and down south in the antarctic and what i'm going to tell you about today is leopard seals
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The Antarctic's...
temperatures are being observed in the antarctic peninsula in the last few years and what we're seeing is that the glaciers are carving at a faster rate than has ever been seen before
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He Grew Up in Antarctica...
everything else in the planet the landscape is shriveling it's drying up you can see a lot of the ice recede and the snow cover receding Antarctic Treaty protects all things on
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ONE HOUR Of Amazing...
the most astounding experience i've ever had probably in my life was traveling down to the antarctic peninsula to film the killer whales
Video examples
Making waves: The power...
In the polar regions, we see how this small local process effects global movement. In the arctic and antarctic, where ice slabs decorate the water's surface, there's little temperature difference between surface and deeper waters. It's all pretty cold. But salinity differs,
Video examples
What does an alien look...
live inside impact sorted rocks and they use them for energy and for protection these are actually two types of organisms we expect to find on Mars now finally the most mars-like environment of the earth is the Antarctic Dry Valleys and here is where
Video examples
How a single-celled...
Cyanobacteria are still around in almost every environment on oceans, fresh water, soil, antarctic rocks, sloth fur. They still pump oxygen into the atmosphere, and they also pull nitrogen out to fertilize the plants they helped create.
Video examples
A Collection Of Wild...
and now look ready to take on the world those that survive their first year have the best possible start in life thanks to the extraordinary hardships endured by their parents parents who battled with the antarctic
Video examples
Deep Sea Diving For Food...
feed the krill that ice home disappears suddenly the krill have to take that important place in the wider world and seeking safety in numbers they gather in colossal swarms the sheer mass of the antarctic krill is
Video examples
Fighting Over Abandoned...
here and survive but for antarctic animals it's like a warm bath compared to conditions above the ice and while the top of the ice is bleak and barren just a few feet down is a busy living world
Video examples
Leopard Seals Play With...
i'm lucky enough to do a lot of my work in the polar regions of the world so up north in the arctic and down south in the antarctic and what i'm going to tell you about today is leopard seals
Video examples
The Antarctic's...
temperatures are being observed in the antarctic peninsula in the last few years and what we're seeing is that the glaciers are carving at a faster rate than has ever been seen before
Video examples
He Grew Up in Antarctica...
everything else in the planet the landscape is shriveling it's drying up you can see a lot of the ice recede and the snow cover receding Antarctic Treaty protects all things on
Video examples
ONE HOUR Of Amazing...
the most astounding experience i've ever had probably in my life was traveling down to the antarctic peninsula to film the killer whales
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