Antarctic
Antarctic ({not transcribed}) , adjective
[Old English antartik, Old French antartique, French antarctique, Latin antarcticus, from Greek {not transcribed}; 'anti` + 'a`rktos bear. See Arctic.]
Opposite to the northern or arctic pole; relating to the southern pole or to the region near it, and applied especially to a circle, distant from the pole 23° 28m. Thus we say the antarctic pole, circle, ocean, region, current, etc.