Antonyms for antarctic
æntˈɑrk tɪk, -ˈɑr tɪkantarc·tic

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1. Antarctic, Antarctic Zone, South Frigid Zoneadjective

   the region around the south pole: Antarctica and surrounding waters

   Antonyms:
   equatorial

2. south-polar, Antarcticadjective

   at or near the south pole

   Antonyms:
   equatorial

   Synonyms:
   south-polar

How to use antarctic in a sentence?

1. Ted Scambos:

   What's going on in the Antarctic is an extreme event, but we've been through this a bit.

2. Zoe Thomas:

   What we're seeing with the West Antarctic Ice Sheet, that this starting of the melt, once we reach a certain threshold, will continue despite our efforts to stop it.

3. Dominic Hodgson:

   If you'd taken a photograph of these parts of Antarctic Peninsula 50 years ago it would have been a monochrome shot of ice, nothing but glaciers. Read More.

4. Catherine Bradshaw:

   The surface of the Antarctic ice sheet is very bright, and it reflects some 50-80 % of the sunlight that hits it. Where the ice sheet retreats and exposes the darker land surface underneath, this ground is much less reflective and so absorbs more sunlight, which warms it up.

5. Alex Kumar:

   That's a major aim of Antarctic research, if we can find counter measures against both cognitive decline and physiological change that can be adapted to help people reach Mars.

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