circumpolar

Examples

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• The beluga, Delphinapterus leucas, is circumpolar Arctic in distribution and occurs in individual stocks throughout its range.

  Academic text (2000)

• A multilateral body open solely to circumpolar states would provide a more manageable forum for addressing Arctic concerns than the 192-member United Nations.

  Academic text (2008)

• At the time, the other circumpolar states did not dispute this claim.

  Academic text (2008)

• Because of the importance of this circumpolar chain of open waters, it has been dubbed "the Arctic ring of life."

  Academic text (2012)

• Predictably, other circumpolar powers criticized the Russian voyage.

  Academic text (2008)

• Norway, for instance, has not joined the other circumpolar countries in condemning the Russian expedition due to the two countries' ongoing economic cooperation over hydrocarbon extraction in the extreme North.

  Academic text (2008)

• Four of the five circumpolar countries have ratified the convention within the past decade, with the fifth—the United States—poised to join this year.

  Academic text (2008)

• Russia's 2009 deadline means it must intensify the pressure for territorial claims, while other circumpolar powers have little choice but to respond with counterclaims and escalations of their own.

  Academic text (2008)

• Russia's last mission created a surge of expeditions and denunciations from other circumpolar states, with Denmark and Canada pursuing their own claims to the Lomonosov Ridge and thus the North Pole.

  Academic text (2008)

• At the North Pole, the climate is defined by its circumpolar characteristics, influencing weather patterns across the region.

Synonyms

P

polar

vscircumpolar

121 4.2

Relating to the North or South Pole and the very cold regions there

is specific to areas around a pole, covering the entire nearby cold region

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology