the North Pole

noun

: the most northern point on the surface of the earth

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For centuries, Europeans believed that the sea around the North Pole might be completely free of ice. Danny Robb, JSTOR Daily, 23 Jan. 2025 This latest cold snap comes from a disruption in the polar vortex, the ring of cold air usually trapped over the North Pole. Gerald Herbert and David J. Phillip, Los Angeles Times, 21 Jan. 2025 Marking the North Pole is challenging, as it’s covered by moving sea ice, but its geographic location, also known as the true North Pole, is fixed. Mindy Weisberger, CNN, 21 Jan. 2025 An Arctic blast occurs when the polar vortex, a ring of cold air usually trapped around the North Pole, becomes disrupted. David Faris, Newsweek, 19 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for the North Pole 

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