winterover
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Etymology
Noun
winterover (plural winterovers)
- One who remains at an Antarctic base during the quiet winter season.
- 2012 September 14, Laurel Norris, “What’s a winterover?”, in IceCube:
- 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.
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