The phrase "polar extremes" refers to two completely opposite or contrasting points or situations. It suggests that the two things being compared are as far apart as possible, like the North and South poles on Earth. Full definition
Drawing from polar extremes of the cultural spectrum, unexpectedly the two artists arrive at complimentary forms of visual expression. (minusspace.com)
It's really unfortunate that in our conversations about education the camps are so often on polar extremes. (educationnext.org)
The Barthian attack on the orders of creation was so devastating that some Lutherans veered to the radical polar extreme of situation ethics. (firstthings.com)