antarctic(n = noun.location) antarctic zone, south frigid zone - the region around the south pole: Antarctica and surrounding waters;
is a kind of frigid zone, polar region, polar zone
has parts: antarctic continent, antarctica, antarctic ocean
Derived form adjective antarctic₁

   antarctic(s = adj.all) south-polar - at or near the south pole;
Derived form noun antarctic₁

   Opposite to the northern or arctic pole; relating to the southern pole or to the region near it, and applied especially to a circle, distant from the pole 23antarctic pole, circle, ocean, region, current, etc. [1913 Webster]

antarctic, adj. & n.
--adj. of the south polar regions.
--n. this region.

Idiom:
Antarctic Circle the parallel of latitude 66° 32' S., forming an imaginary line round this region.

Etymology:
ME f. OF antartique or L antarcticus f. Gk antarktikos (as ANTI-, arktikos ARCTIC)

N  contraposition, opposition, polarity, inversion, opposite side, reverse, inverse, counterpart, antipodes, opposite poles, North and South, antonym, opposite (contrariety), opposite, reverse, inverse, converse, antipodal, subcontrary, fronting, facing, diametrically opposite, Northern, septentrional, Boreal, arctic, Southern, Austral, antarctic, over, over the way, over against, against, face to face, vis-a- vis, as poles asunder.

antarctic circle, antarctic continent, antarctic ocean, antarctic peninsula, antarctic zone