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polar
1. situated at or near, coming from, or relating to either of the earth's poles or the area inside the Arctic or Antarctic Circles
2. having or relating to a pole or poles
3. Chem
a. (of a molecule or compound) being or having a molecule in which there is an uneven distribution of electrons and thus a permanent dipole moment
b. (of a crystal or substance) being or having a crystal that is bound by ionic bonds


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The enterprise has failed--the Arctic expedition is lost and ice-locked in the Polar wastes.
In illustrating what, as I believe, actually took place during the Glacial period, I assumed that at its commencement the arctic productions were as uniform round the polar regions as they are at the present day.
KEESH lived long ago on the rim of the polar sea, was head man of his village through many and prosperous years, and died full of honors with his name on the lips of men.
 
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