Winterover
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Winterover is a noun meaning One who remains at an Antarctic base during the quiet winter season.
Meaning
One who remains at an Antarctic base during the quiet winter season.
Example Sentences
Even the chance of seeing the sun was enough to draw a crowd from the ten winterover Kiwis and two hundred and fifty McMurdoans to the peak.
The people who spend the winter at the Pole are known as winterovers. And here’s the kicker. South Pole winterovers are essentially stranded at the Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station from the time the last plane flies out in mid-February until the next plane lands in early November.
Word Forms
- winterovers
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include overwinterer, summerer, snowbird, hiver, seasoner, wintler.
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