transpolar
adjective
trans·po·lar
(ˌ)tran(t)s-ˈpō-lər 
: crossing or extending across either of the polar regions
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Here, mimicking the first high-Arctic voyage, made in 1893 by Fridtjof Nansen, a Norwegian explorer, her captain fixed her into an ice floe that carried her along at about 7km/h, courtesy of an ocean current called the transpolar drift stream.
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The Economist, 20 June 2020
Leaving from Tromsø, Norway on September 20, the ship will position itself in the transpolar drift stream and float, trapped in ice for a year, to northern Greenland.
—Esther Horvath, National Geographic, 17 Sep. 2019
China is dreamy-eyed about the prospects of shipping goods from Asia to Europe across the top of Russia, with visions of transpolar shipping dominating its brand-new Arctic strategy.
—chicagotribune.com, 8 Mar. 2018
The Economist, 20 June 2020
Leaving from Tromsø, Norway on September 20, the ship will position itself in the transpolar drift stream and float, trapped in ice for a year, to northern Greenland.
—Esther Horvath, National Geographic, 17 Sep. 2019
China is dreamy-eyed about the prospects of shipping goods from Asia to Europe across the top of Russia, with visions of transpolar shipping dominating its brand-new Arctic strategy.
—chicagotribune.com, 8 Mar. 2018
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“Transpolar.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/transpolar. Accessed 26 Apr. 2024.
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