Definitions
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- noun One who remains at an
Antarctic base during the quietwinter season.
Etymologies
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winter + over
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Examples
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During 1987, Dr. Draggan became the first NSF staff member to winterover on the Antarctic Continent, managing activities at McMurdo Station of the U.S.
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Two are from Denis, and another two are from Robert Schwarz who is another winterover, working on another CMB polarization experiment, QUAD.
To the Ends of the Earth cjohnson 2006
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I’m the winterover for the BICEP experiment (a CMB polarization telescope aiming to look for B-mode polarization).
To the Ends of the Earth cjohnson 2006
sumit commented on the word winterover
One who spends (or will spend) the winter in Antarctica.
January 23, 2007