poleward

[ pohl-werd ]

adverb

Also polewards. toward a pole of the earth; toward the North or South Pole.

adjective

facing or moving toward the North or South Pole.

Origin of poleward

¹

First recorded in 1870–75; pole² + -ward

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How to use poleward in a sentence

They bend polewards and equatorwards at different meridians, although much less so than in the Arctic.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 5 | Various
From henceforth our energies and our thoughts must turn Polewards.
The Great Frozen Sea | Albert Hastings Markham

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