polar exploration

collocation in English

meaningsofpolarandexploration

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polar
adjective
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/ˈpəʊ.lər/us
/ˈpoʊ.lɚ/
relating to the North or South Pole or the areas ...
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exploration
noun[C or U]
uk
/ˌek.spləˈreɪ.ʃən/us
/ˌek.spləˈreɪ.ʃən/
the activity of searching and finding out ...
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The history ofpolarexplorationcould have been rewritten in a moment, in the 'very inadequate basket' of a balloon.
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Throughout the century,polarexplorationcontinued to be an appealing form of naval engagement.
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This research reflects the renewed interest inpolarexploration.
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The expedition also endured some of the coldest temperatures recorded to that time inpolarexploration.
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They provided much navigational knowledge topolarexploration, but their commercial focus limited advances in other areas.
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This book is a very important contribution topolarexplorationliterature.
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Weyprecht's thoughts onpolarexplorationwere to change the way that science was undertaken in the polar regions.
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Vaughan was the last representative of what might be called the golden age ofpolarexploration.
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Old habits die hard, but during the heroic age of southpolarexplorationa consensus emerged.
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Jackson represents a major figure inpolarexplorationwhose contributions have been hidden for too long because many commentators have not judged him according to the correct criteria.
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He holds (or has held) skiing and vehicle world records forpolarexploration.
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Among his several books, which he illustrated, were works dealing withpolarexploration.
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His work in the field of optics as applied to aerial photography has been an important contribution to this technique inpolarexploration.
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He had little interest inpolarexplorationand preferred tropical routes.
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At that time national prestige derived frompolarexplorationin the same way that it is derived from space exploration in recent times.
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However, this was not the only aspect ofpolarexplorationduring this time; other expeditions worked with defined objectives in different areas of the continent.
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Others were unique and sometimes historic vessels specifically designed forpolarexplorationand well suited to conditions encountered by the patrol.
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Polarexplorationwas one of the fields in which the astrocompass saw the most use, for the reasons described above.
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During his later years he was frequently consulted by historians and chroniclers ofpolarexploration, often expressing his views in trenchant terms.
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This meant that several whaling-yachts crossed the definition from commercial to private yacht in later life when they were bought forpolarexplorationwork.
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