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adjectiveat or near the south pole
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nounthe region around the south pole: Antarctica and surrounding waters
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- ross British explorer of the Arctic and Antarctic; located the north magnetic pole in 1831; discovered the Ross Sea in Antarctica; nephew of Sir John Ross (1800-1862)
- polar of or existing at or near a geographical pole or within the Arctic or Antarctic Circles
- penguin short-legged flightless birds of cold southern especially Antarctic regions having webbed feet and wings modified as flippers
- antarctica an extremely cold continent at the south pole almost entirely below the Antarctic Circle; covered by an ice cap up to 13,000 feet deep
- tortoise usually herbivorous land turtles having clawed elephant-like limbs; worldwide in arid area except Australia and Antarctica
- wilkes United States explorer of Antarctica (1798-1877)
- antarctic the region around the south pole: Antarctica and surrounding waters
- byrd explorer and United States naval officer; led expeditions to explore Antarctica (1888-1957)
- adelie medium-sized penguins occurring in large colonies on the Adelie Coast of Antarctica
- genus pinguicula butterworts: a large genus of almost stemless carnivorous bog plants; Europe and America to Antarctica