| ARCANA | A sample of polar Canada's secrets |
| TESTER | Type of canopy over a four-poster bed; or, a sample of something such as paint in a miniature pot or scent in a phial (6) |
| TASTE | Sensation of a salty, savoury, sharp, sour, spicy or sweet flavour, as studied in neurogastronomy; or, a sample of a food or wine or of any experience (5) |
| PERMAFROST | Hairstyle a US poet displayed, a feature of polar regions |
| SPECIMEN | A typical example; a remarkable type; a sample of blood, plasma, tissue etc, for diagnostic analysis; or, derogatorily, a person or animal (8) |
| ILEAC | A sample of bile, a constituent of the lower gut |
| PEARY | "Secrets of Polar Travel" author |
| PEARLHARBOR | Film of polar bear shot round mouth of Horton River |
| EXPEDITION | Earlier version of book covers commencement of polar voyage (10) |
| OPINION | Estimate of the views of a sample of the electorate (7,4) |
| POLL | Estimate of the views of a sample of the electorate (7,4) |
| BLOODTEST | Analysis of a sample of blood such as for the diagnosis of illness (5,4) |
| NADIR | Low point of polar atmosphere encompassing the end of the world (5) |
| RISINGSEALEVELS | Result of polar ice melt graphically shown by the second part of six twopart puzzle answers |
| PACKICE | Feature of polar seas that might be helpful to treat injury in a different order (4,3) |
| ICEBREAKER | Coast Guard ship of polar seas |
| WILLIWAW | Violent gust of polar wind |
| AURORA | This display of polar lights couldbe borealis or australis |
| FULMAR | Heavily built short-tailed oceanic bird of polar regions (6) |
| ICECAP | Feature of polar regions (6) |
