perpetual frost climate
perpetual frost climate
[pər′pech·ə·wəl ′frȯst ‚klī·mət] (climatology)
The climate of the ice cap regions of the world; thus, it requires temperatures sufficiently cold so that the annual accumulation of snow and ice is never exceeded by ablation. Also known as ice-cap climate.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.