• The polar regions, also called the frigid zones or polar zones, of Earth are Earth's polar ice caps, the regions of the planet that surround its geographical...
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    The South Polar region of the Cretaceous comprised the continent of East Gondwana–modern day Australia, Zealandia, and Antarctica–a product of the break-up...
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  • Look up polar in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Polar may refer to: Polar may refer to: Geographical pole, either of two fixed points on the surface...
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  • 2016-10-21. Retrieved 2020-10-28. "Dos nanosatélites catalanes estudian las regiones polares y ofrecen imágenes de la Tierra". Actualidad Aeroespacial (in Spanish)...
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    A polar ice cap or polar cap is a high-latitude region of a planet, dwarf planet, or natural satellite that is covered in ice. There are no requirements...
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    Polar night is a phenomenon in the northernmost and southernmost regions of Earth where night lasts for more than 24 hours. This occurs only inside the...
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    tropospheric polar vortex A circumpolar vortex, or simply polar vortex, is a large region of cold, rotating air; polar vortices encircle both of Earth's polar regions...
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    In mathematics, the polar coordinate system is a two-dimensional coordinate system in which each point on a plane is determined by a distance from a reference...
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    Polar Class (PC) refers to the ice class assigned to a ship by a classification society based on the Unified Requirements for Polar Class Ships developed...
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    The polar climate regions are characterized by a lack of warm summers but with varying winters. Every month a polar climate has an average temperature...
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  • vertical cycle around the polar cell in each latitudinal hemisphere's polar region. Closely related to this concept is the polar vortex, a rotating low-pressure...
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  • A polar route is an aircraft route across the uninhabited polar ice cap regions. The term "polar route" was originally applied to great circle navigation...
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    chased people in the region". Zhigansha Musin, the head of the local administration, said, "There have never been so many polar bears in this area since...
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  • transcribed region. These mutations tend to occur early within the sequence of genes and can be nonsense, frameshift, or insertion mutations. Polar mutations...
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    Polar exploration is the process of exploration of the polar regions of Earth – the Arctic region and Antarctica – particularly with the goal of reaching...
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    The Polar Medal is a medal awarded by the Sovereign of the United Kingdom to individuals who have outstanding achievements in the field of polar research...
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    Polar deserts are the regions of Earth that fall under an ice cap climate (EF under the Köppen classification). Despite rainfall totals low enough to...
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    Antarctic Circle Arctic Arctic Circle Frigid zones Polar climate Polar day and Polar night Polar region Obliquity of the ecliptic Archived 2017-06-12 at...
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    A polar city is a proposed sustainable polar retreat designed to house human beings in the future, in the event that global warming causes the equatorial...
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    A polar low is a mesoscale, short-lived atmospheric low pressure system (depression) that is found over the ocean areas poleward of the main polar front...
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    Aurora (redirect from Polar Aurora)
    complexity. The form of the aurora, occurring within bands around both polar regions, is also dependent on the amount of acceleration imparted to the...
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  • The drag curve or drag polar is the relationship between the drag on an aircraft and other variables, such as lift, the coefficient of lift, angle-of-attack...
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    Arctic (redirect from Arctic region)
    Arctic (/ˈɑːrtɪk/ or /ˈɑːrktɪk/) is a polar region located at the northernmost part of Earth. The Arctic region, from the IERS Reference Meridian travelling...
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    Polar bear population sizes and trends are difficult to estimate accurately because they occupy remote home ranges and exist at low population densities...
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    Also known as Arctic bases, polar stations or ice stations, these bases are widely distributed across the northern polar region of Earth. Historically few...
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    Midnight sun (redirect from Polar day)
    Midnight sun, also known as polar day, is a natural phenomenon that occurs in the summer months in places north of the Arctic Circle or south of the Antarctic...
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    The polar wind or plasma fountain is a permanent outflow of plasma from the polar regions of Earth's magnetosphere, caused by the interaction between...
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  • Arctic (north pole region) and Antarctic (south pole region), from maritime risks. The Code entered into force on 1 January 2017. The Polar Code stems from...
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  • Polar ecology is the relationship between plants and animals in a polar environment. Polar environments are in the Arctic and Antarctic regions. Arctic...
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    from north to south, into the Polar (or Arctic), Near-Polar (or Sub-Arctic), Northern, Central and Southern parts. The Polar Ural has an area of about 25...
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