How to Use antarctic in a Sentence

antarctic

adjective
  • The group is involved in Antarctic exploration.
  • Great cracks are even appearing in ancient Antarctic ice shelves.
    — Robinson Meyer, The Atlantic, 12 May 2017
  • One story that refused to die was that the Nazis had a secret Antarctic base.
    — David Grossman, Popular Mechanics, 14 Mar. 2017
  • The scientists race against the thing to stop it from escaping their Antarctic base.
    — Angelika Ytuarte, jsonline.com, 23 Oct. 2024
  • Thousands of baby seals died on two remote sub-Antarctic islands.
    — Daniel Wine, CNN Money, 22 June 2026
  • So technically, all those Antarctic claims are still equally valid.
    — Ken Jennings, Condé Nast Traveler, 5 June 2017
  • If a shark of this size has been living in Antarctic waters undetected, what else might be down there?
    — Hanna Wickes, Miami Herald, 19 Feb. 2026
  • There are visions of Antarctic tundra, mirror balls and a dance floor filled with purple smoke, swags of red velvet.
    — Chicago Tribune, chicagotribune.com, 5 May 2017
  • Davis is Australia's most southerly Antarctic research base.
    — New Atlas, 24 Sep. 2025
  • The vessel was built for Arctic, but not quite Antarctic, conditions.
    — Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 7 Oct. 2025
  • The discovery of the Antarctic ozone hole in 1985 confirmed the threat.
    — Dianne Plummer, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
  • Antarctic ice tends to be thinner than Arctic ice, with greater highs in the winter and steeper declines in the summer.
    — Laura Paddison, CNN Money, 8 May 2026
  • Passengers faced a chilling ordeal when their cruise ship became stuck in icy Antarctic waters.
    — Alexandra Banner, CNN Money, 29 Jan. 2026
  • IceCube works by watching for the rare moment when a neutrino collides with an atom in Antarctic ice.
    — Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 24 Aug. 2025
  • Sea level rise due to Antarctic ice melt increases the risk of coastal flooding and can contribute to more intense storms.
    — Simmone Shah, Time, 28 Apr. 2026
  • After an Antarctic kayaking excursion goes awry, a group struggles to survive.
    — Lizz Schumer, People.com, 31 Aug. 2025
  • Everyone on an Antarctic expedition is far from home, but some have come farther than others.
    — New York Times, 12 Feb. 2026
  • Guo said his food is rationed at the Antarctic air base and his communication with the outside world is limited.
    — Liz Kreutz, NBC news, 14 Aug. 2025
  • The blue and white striped patterns are likely due to striations that were put into the ice hundreds of years ago, when the ice was dragged across Antarctic bedrock.
    — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 8 Jan. 2026
  • Scientists are now setting out to examine these Antarctic ice cores more thoroughly.
    — Pranjal Malewar, New Atlas, 13 Nov. 2025
  • Finding one at depth in Antarctic water that hovers just above freezing puts this discovery in rare company.
    — Hanna Wickes, Charlotte Observer, 19 Feb. 2026
  • There are few research cameras positioned at that specific depth in Antarctic waters.
    — ABC News, 17 Feb. 2026
  • There are few research cameras positioned at that specific depth in Antarctic waters.
    — CNN Money, 18 Feb. 2026
  • Douglas Fox is a freelance journalist who writes about life, Earth, and Antarctic sciences.
    — Big Think, 31 Mar. 2026
  • Ross seals, the smallest and rarest members of the Antarctic true seal family, are incredibly elusive.
    — Rachel Raposas, PEOPLE, 6 Jan. 2026
  • The fur seals, in contrast, are the smallest of the Antarctic seal species and live primarily on sub-Antarctic islands.
    — Andrew Freedman, CNN Money, 9 Apr. 2026
  • Krill oil is a popular alternative to fish oil, made from tiny shrimp-like creatures (crustaceans) that feed whales and other Antarctic wildlife.
    — Stephanie Brown, Verywell Health, 3 Dec. 2025
  • The findings are a stark warning that significant climate risks are unfolding in the depths of the Antarctic waters.
    — Simmone Shah, Time, 28 Apr. 2026
  • Ultimately, expanding Antarctic sea ice could help keep carbon dioxide in the ocean and out of the atmosphere.
    — Conor Purcell, Ars Technica, 19 June 2017
  • This event is for extreme adventurers only, though Antarctic cruises may offer views of a partial solar eclipse.
    — Jamie Carter, Space.com, 4 Jan. 2026

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