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frigid zone

noun
 
 
specialized

Definition

one of the two cold areas inside the Arctic and Antarctic Circles, which receive very little light from the sunColdSnow and ice
(Definition of frigid zone noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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