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‘Greenlandisation’, sea ice, permafrost: how polar words explain a changing world

By Bernadette Hince, Visiting Fellow, Australian National Dictionary Centre, Australian National University

The polar regions are cold, remote and off-putting, but there are thousands of polar words in English – and not just words for snow and ice.

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