This region is an exceptional area on the highest, driest, windiest, and coldest continent on Earth. (sciencemag.org)
Winter 2009 - 2010 showed a new connectivity between mid-latitude extreme cold and snowy weather events and changes in the wind patterns of the Arctic; the so - called Warm Arctic - Cold Continents pattern. (dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com)
The study's finding supports what has been called the warm Arctic — cold continents hypothesis. (sciencenews.org)