Arctic

Arctic

/ˈärktik/

adjective

1) extremely cold, frigid

“The winter is an arctic summer.”

— Henry David Thoreau (1817 – 1862)

2) of or pertaining to a geographic area extending from the North Pole to the northern timberline

“The world cannot live without the Arctic; it affects every living thing on Earth and acts as a virtual thermostat, reflecting sunlight and cooling the planet.”

— Philippe Cousteau, Jr. (1940 – 1979)

noun

3) a warm, waterproof overshoe

“I always have preferred the term galoshes to overshoes or arctics because the word itself has a messy, sloshing, drippy sound, a sound that seems to perfectly convey the assignment of the galosh: wearing over the shoes to protect them from snow and slush.”

— Dick Hirsch (1944 – )