cold pole

noun

1. the location in the northern or southern hemisphere having the coldest annual mean temperature in that hemisphere.

Word History and Origins

Origin of cold pole¹

First recorded in 1905–10

Example Sentences

But the parameterizations aren’t good enough to solve the Antarctic cold pole problem.

From Science Magazine

Until the arrival of supercomputers that can simulate gravity waves without approximations, the cold pole problem might just be left out in the cold.

From Science Magazine

There's the pole of inaccessibility, for the greatest distance from a coast; the cold pole, for the most frigid place; the pole of variability, for the spot with the greatest range in atmospheric pressure.

From The Guardian

At the cold pole of north-eastern Siberia a January mean of -60� is found.

From Project Gutenberg

The Siberian cold pole becomes a maximum of temperature during the summer, but the Greenland and polar minima remain throughout the year.

From Project Gutenberg