polar explorer
Ice cap traveler
A polar explorer is someone who travels to and investigates the Arctic or Antarctic regions.
The term evokes the heroic age of exploration in the early twentieth century, when figures like Amundsen, Scott, and Shackleton led expeditions to reach the poles: He dreamed of becoming a polar explorer after reading about Shackleton's Antarctic journeys.
- Roald AmundsenNorwegian polar explorer
- ArcticEarth's northernmost zone
- frozen wastelandDesolate ice-covered region
- dog sleddingTravel pulled by huskies
- glaciologyStudy of ice masses
parka · climatology · Ernest Shackleton · ice core analysis · snowshoeing · snow goggles · ice climbing · ice cap · permafrost · crampons · aurora borealis · extreme cold · tundra · frostbite prevention · survival gear · ice axe · cryosphere · glacier
- daredevilsbase jumper, stuntwoman, stuntman, cliff diver, stunt driver
- polarArctic, Antarctic, Arctic Circle, Antarctic Circle, ice cap
- expedition leadersexpedition leader, guide, trail guide, wilderness guide, safari guide
polar explorerhomebody
One preferring domestic life
stay-at-home · couch potato · hermit · recluse · landlubber
polar explorerdesert nomad
polar, explorer, pole, poles, polarity, polarize, polarized, polarization, bipolar