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Meanings of south polar ocean in English

The waters, including ice shelves, that surround the continent of Antarctica, which comprise the southernmost parts of the Pacific, Atlantic and Indian oceans, and also the Ross, Amundsen, Bellingshausen and Weddell seas.

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Examples for "antarctic ocean"
Examples for "antarctic ocean"
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His explorations in the Antarctic Ocean showed a hardihood and determination seldom surpassed.
Captain Cook: His Life, Voyages, and Discoveries
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Some geologists said this accounted for the greater depth of the Antarctic Ocean.
The Moon Metal
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Far south of South America is the Antarctic Ocean.
Where We Live / A Home Geography
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A cruise liner carrying 154 people has been evacuated in the Antarctic Ocean south of Argentina.
The Irish Times
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The effect of acidity is currently being felt most profoundly felt in the Arctic and Antarctic oceans.
BBC
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She knew she was somewhere in the great southern ocean called Turbidus.
The Dargonesti (Elves of the Sea)
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The main bone, so to speak, keeps on in each case till it disappears in the great southern ocean.
The Red Man's Continent: A Chronicle of Aboriginal America
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It's a bottleneck between the Atlantic and the Great Southern Ocean.
BBC
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Ms Mahuta says the whales are now migrating into the Great Southern Ocean to feed.
Radio NZ
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Could I get a shot of you with the great Southern Ocean as a backdrop?
G'day to die: a passport to peril mystery
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She knew she was somewhere in the great southern ocean called Turbidus.
The Dargonesti (Elves of the Sea)
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A major rescue operation in the southern ocean for 22 fishermen feared dead.
Radio NZ
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Australia considers the creation of MPAs in the southern ocean as very important.
The Guardian
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Especially not when it comes to whaling in the southern ocean around Antarctica.
Radio NZ
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The plesiosaurs swam in the southern ocean when the Earth was far warmer than today.
The Guardian
Usage of south polar ocean in English
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"How large do you suppose this south polar ocean to be?"
A Strange Manuscript Found in a Copper Cylinder
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After this it probably sweeps around the great South Polar ocean, and emerges at the opposite side, not far from the volcanoes Erebus and Terror.
A Strange Manuscript Found in a Copper Cylinder