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Ice pole

Term · Meteorology and atmospheric science · MLC-T-MET-006430

The point taken as the middle of the most heavily consolidated Arctic pack ice, located near 83 to 84 degrees N and 160 degrees W in the Canada Basin north of Alaska. In this older sense it is also called the pole of inaccessibility, and it does not coincide with the geographic North Pole.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-MET-006430
FieldMeteorology and atmospheric science
Synonymspole of inaccessibility
Record as JSON 
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  "id": "MLC-T-MET-006430",
  "term": "Ice pole",
  "field": "Meteorology and atmospheric science",
  "definition": "The point taken as the middle of the most heavily consolidated Arctic pack ice, located near 83 to 84 degrees N and 160 degrees W in the Canada Basin north of Alaska. In this older sense it is also called the pole of inaccessibility, and it does not coincide with the geographic North Pole.",
  "synonyms": [
    "pole of inaccessibility"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/meteorology/ice-pole/"
}

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