Definition of "south-polar" [south-polar]

• At or near the south pole (adjective)

WordNet. Princeton University. 2010.

• "I am reminded of Captain Scott, frozen on his south-polar venture, who for ten months after his death was believed by the world to be alive."
• "These figures, so far as they are comparable, show distinctly higher pressures in the higher latitudes, and the wind observations bear out the inference of a south-polar high pressure area, as at the "Discovery's" winter-quarters 80% of the winds had an easterly component, and only 3% a westerly component."
• "Thus, the balance of probability inclines towards the hypothesis of a south-polar high-pressure area."