<entry id="2279990" stat="D" corpus="jmdict" type="jmdict">
<ent_corp type="jmdict">jmdict</ent_corp>
<ent_seq>1240400</ent_seq>
<k_ele>
<keb>極地圏</keb>
</k_ele>
<r_ele>
<reb>きょくちけん</reb>
</r_ele>
<sense>
<pos>&n;</pos>
<xref type="see" seq="1240390">極地・1</xref>
<misc>&rare;</misc>
<gloss>polar regions</gloss>
<gloss>the pole</gloss>
</sense>
<info>
<audit time="2023-10-12 19:43:21" stat="A" unap="true">
<upd_name>Brian Krznarich</upd_name>
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<upd_detl>Maybe coined by extension(北極圏, 南極圏)?  Seems almost like a mistake, or redundancy, to have 地圏 "polar place region". 
The only other "地圏" entry is for "geosphere", "the region of the earth consisting of all of its 地".</upd_detl>
<upd_refs>極地	81734	40.4%
極地圏	284	0.1%

北極圏	102432	50.6%
南極圏	5109	2.5%
極域	9344	4.6%
南極地方	1114	0.6%
北極地方	2282	1.1%</upd_refs>
<upd_diff>@@ -11,0 +12,2 @@
+&lt;xref type="see" seq="1240390"&gt;極地・1&lt;/xref&gt;
+&lt;misc&gt;&amp;rare;&lt;/misc&gt;</upd_diff>
</audit>
<audit time="2023-10-12 21:40:26" stat="D" unap="true">
<upd_uid>jwb</upd_uid>
<upd_name>Jim Breen</upd_name>
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<upd_detl>I don't think it's much use.圏 is a common suffix.</upd_detl>
</audit>
<audit time="2023-10-13 11:13:44" stat="D">
<upd_uid>robin1354</upd_uid>
<upd_name>Robin Scott</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
<upd_detl>I agree.</upd_detl>
</audit>
</info>
</entry>