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The Ditlevsens chose a popular fingerprint involving surface temperatures in a patch of sea southwest of Greenland called the Atlantic subpolar gyre.
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Gregory Barber, Quanta Magazine, 15 Sep. 2025
While Quark primarily operates in the polar regions, the company expands to subpolar destinations during the shoulder seasons, before the fleet repositions to the other side of the globe.
—Stefanie Waldek, AFAR Media, 12 Sep. 2025
Meanwhile, the park’s subpolar forests serve as prime territory for spotting the huemul—an endangered deer species found across both Chile and Argentina—as well as other species like the kodkod and puma.
—Jared Ranahan, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2025
Palsa bogs are a polar and subpolar bog type whose peat interiors are—or were until recently—permanently frozen.
—Michelle Nijhuis, The New York Review of Books, 30 Mar. 2023
In the subpolar gyre south of Greenland, cold, nutrient-rich Arctic water mixes with warmer, nutrient-poor water from the south.
—Cheryl Katz, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 Feb. 2023
The latest entrant is a plan published in Environmental Research Communications that calls for high-altitude tanker planes to spray aerosol particles over Earth’s subpolar regions.
—Tim Newcomb, Popular Mechanics, 20 Sep. 2022
Elias National Park equals six Yellowstones and contains North America’s largest subpolar icefield, Bagley Icefield.
—Camille Fine, USA TODAY, 8 July 2022
Glaciers, subpolar icefields, ice caves, river systems, and forests offer sights and sounds that can impress even the most cynical.
—J.d. Simkins, Sunset Magazine, 11 Apr. 2022
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Gregory Barber, Quanta Magazine, 15 Sep. 2025
While Quark primarily operates in the polar regions, the company expands to subpolar destinations during the shoulder seasons, before the fleet repositions to the other side of the globe.
—Stefanie Waldek, AFAR Media, 12 Sep. 2025
Meanwhile, the park’s subpolar forests serve as prime territory for spotting the huemul—an endangered deer species found across both Chile and Argentina—as well as other species like the kodkod and puma.
—Jared Ranahan, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2025
Palsa bogs are a polar and subpolar bog type whose peat interiors are—or were until recently—permanently frozen.
—Michelle Nijhuis, The New York Review of Books, 30 Mar. 2023
In the subpolar gyre south of Greenland, cold, nutrient-rich Arctic water mixes with warmer, nutrient-poor water from the south.
—Cheryl Katz, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 Feb. 2023
The latest entrant is a plan published in Environmental Research Communications that calls for high-altitude tanker planes to spray aerosol particles over Earth’s subpolar regions.
—Tim Newcomb, Popular Mechanics, 20 Sep. 2022
Elias National Park equals six Yellowstones and contains North America’s largest subpolar icefield, Bagley Icefield.
—Camille Fine, USA TODAY, 8 July 2022
Glaciers, subpolar icefields, ice caves, river systems, and forests offer sights and sounds that can impress even the most cynical.
—J.d. Simkins, Sunset Magazine, 11 Apr. 2022
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“Subpolar.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/subpolar. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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subpolar
adjective
sub·po·lar
ˌsəb-ˈpō-lər 
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