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Very low or below average in temperature
“All we heard was the howling of the arctic breeze sweeping across town early that morning.”
Cold, unfriendly, or lacking in emotion
“He sat in front of me, and then, with an arctic smile, fixed his pale eyes on me.”
(geography) Pertaining to the northern polar region of the planet
“The Arctic Council has been a key actor shaping discussion and elevating knowledge of the impacts of climate change in the Arctic region.”
The region of the Earth above the Arctic Circle, containing the North Pole
“I've visited the world from arctic to ecliptic, as a surgeon does a hospital, and find all men sick of some distemper.”
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