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- proper noun The
Southern Ocean , the fourth largestocean of the Earth, surroundingAntarctica .
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- noun the southern waters surrounding Antarctica
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Examples
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This week's face-off between whalers and anti-whaling activists in the Antarctic Ocean was a deep-sea battle straight out of a comic book.
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The Southern Ocean, the world’s fourth largest, also is known as the Antarctic Ocean or South Polar Ocean, is completely in Earth’s southern hemisphere.
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Sea Shepherd vessels are currently chasing Japan's whaling fleet in the Antarctic Ocean in the hopes of interrupting its hunt, which kills up to 1,000 whales annually and typically lasts from December to February.
WikiLeaks: U.S., Japan Discussed 'Action' Against Anti-Whalers AP 2011
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Sea Shepherd vessels are currently chasing Japan's whaling fleet in the Antarctic Ocean in the hopes of interrupting its hunt, which kills up to 1,000 whales annually and typically lasts from December to February.
WikiLeaks: U.S., Japan Discussed 'Action' Against Anti-Whalers AP 2011
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The whalers left Japan earlier this month for the Antarctic Ocean, and the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society boats have left New Zealand in pursuit.
Dangerous Whaling Season Begins As Protestors Face Off Against Industry AP 2010
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A South Korean fishing boat sank in the Antarctic Ocean, with 22 sailors feared dead.
What 2010
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A South Korean fishing boat sank Monday in the Antarctic Ocean, leaving four sailors dead and 18 missing, officials said.
South Korean Fishing Boat Sinks In Antarctic By HYUNG-JIN KIM 2010
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The whalers left Japan earlier this month for the Antarctic Ocean, and the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society boats have left New Zealand in pursuit.
Dangerous Whaling Season Begins As Protestors Face Off Against Industry AP 2010
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In a parallel but far grander move, on this May 11 Britain submitted its claim to the United Nations Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf for the one million square kilometers it covets in the South Atlantic reaching into the Antarctic Ocean.
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Fish that swim in the Antarctic Ocean have natural anti-freeze molecules in their cells that allow them to thrive in water that is so cold it would kill a human within minutes.
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