subarctic
- a of or relating to latitudes just south of the Arctic Circle
- Tourists use Fairbanks as a gateway to the subarctic wilderness, but a dramatic addition to the skyline is slowing down newcomers on their way through.
- Over Finland the long darkness of the subarctic winter nights had begun to close in.
- But Olkhon's stunning scenery of taiga (subarctic conifer forest) and coves draws several thousand adventurous tourists a year.