Cold Words

A Polar Dictionary

Author: Bernadette Hince

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From aaqsiiq to zucchini, discover words and phrases from the world's polar regions.

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From aaqsiiq to zucchini, discover words and phrases from the world's polar regions.

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This ‘ice-breaking’ book collects the English words of the Antarctic and the Arctic for the first time. These words relate to weather, ice and snow, auroras, clothes, food, housing, social structures, wildlife, plants, politics, as well as many other aspects of polar life. The terms are presented with scientific precision, a helpful interpretative commentary and moments of whimsy.Apart from Antarctica and the Arctic, the regions covered here stretch to places as remote as the Faroe Islands, Iceland, Tristan da Cunha and the Falkland Islands.

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Bernadette Hince is a dictionary-maker and natural historian with a passionate interest in language and the world’s cold places. She has written about polar food, words and environmental history. She is the author of The Antarctic Dictionary (CSIRO Publishing, 2000).

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CSIRO Publishing

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1st April 2025

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472

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9781486319459

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Cold Words

A Polar Dictionary

Author: Bernadette Hince

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