winterover
nounEtymology From winter + over.
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One who remains at an Antarctic base during the quiet winter season.
- 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.2012 September 14, Laurel Norris, “What’s a winterover?”, in IceCube:
- Even the chance of seeing the sun was enough to draw a crowd from the ten winterover Kiwis and two hundred and fifty McMurdoans to the peak.2021 March 12, M. L. Buchman, Sunrise on ‘The Ice’: