circumpolar

[ sur-kuhm-poh-ler ]

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adjective

around or near a pole, as of the earth.

circumpolar

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adjective

(of a star or constellation) visible above the horizon at all times at a specified locality on the earth's surface
surrounding or located at or near either of the earth's poles

circumpolar

Located or found in one of Earth's polar regions.
Denoting a star that from a given observer's latitude does not go below the horizon during its diurnal motion. The closer an observer is to one of the poles, the greater the portion of the sky that contains circumpolar stars. At the pole itself, all stars are circumpolar.

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Word History and Origins

Origin of circumpolar¹

First recorded in 1680–90; circum- + polar

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This points to Antarctic blue whales being one single circumpolar population in the Southern Ocean.

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"The new study proves that this circumpolar current is not what caused the Antarctic glaciation but the consequence of the ice formation."

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It occurs in winter north of the Arctic Circle and south of the Antarctic Circle, which are circumpolar lines at latitude 66.6 degrees North and South respectively.

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Dr Penn-Clarke elaborates, "We think that cooler conditions allowed for the creation of circumpolar thermal barriers -- essentially, ocean currents near the poles -- that isolated these animals and led to their specialisation."

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When the separation of these landmasses was complete, the Antarctic circumpolar current swept around Antarctica, isolating it from warmer waters and pulling up nutrients from the deep that supported an abundance of phytoplankton and zooplankton.

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circumocular circumradius

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