Definition of antarctic
: of or relating to the south pole or to the region near it
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The group is involved in Antarctic exploration.
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Just last month, researchers released an atlas of more than 200 images from the Arctic and Antarctic seafloor showing the tracks of ancient glaciers.
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The heavy ship Polar Star conducts the annual Operation Deep Freeze resupply run to McMurdo Station, the largest U.S. Antarctic research base.
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Piecing together about 1100 images, the mosaic shows the Antarctic continent in true-color, high-resolution, largely seamless detail, with only the only gap at the central South Pole region, NASA officials said.
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Origin and Etymology of antarctic
Middle English antartik, from Latin antarcticus, from Greek antarktikos, from anti- + arktikos arctic
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: of or relating to the South Pole or the region around it
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