Pertaining to, or situated under, the northern constellation called the Bear; northern; frigid; as, the arctic pole, circle, region, ocean; an arctic expedition, night, temperature
emphasis If you describe a place or the weather as arctic, you are emphasizing that it is extremely cold. The bathroom, with its ancient facilities, is positively arctic. = freezing. adj. Arctic Archipelago Arctic Circle Arctic fox Arctic Ocean Arctic tern Gates of the Arctic National Park
a waterproof overshoe that protects shoes from water or snow the regions north of the Arctic Circle centered on the North Pole extremely cold; "an arctic climate"; "a frigid day"; "gelid waters of the North Atlantic"; "glacial winds"; "icy hands"; "polar weather"