Polar region or frigid zone, one of the two geographical zones of the Earth's surface within the polar circles
The Zhubov scale is a way of reporting polar sea ice coverage, it was developed in the former USSR by Russian naval officer N. N. Zhubov (1895 - 1960).
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The collection consists of approximately 17,000 items and focuses on the South Pacific with the Cook-Forster collection, containing items from Hawaii, Tahiti, Tonga, and New Zealand, and on Siberia and the polar regions with the Baron von Asch collection.
Matters relating to Greenland and the northern polar region are also the responsibility of this subcommittee.