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Drive to spear fish in part of the Arctic (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

tundra

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'the arctic' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'drive to spear fish in' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'drive' could be 'dr' (abbreviation used in road names) and 'dr' is present in the answer.
'fish' could be 'tuna' (tuna is a type of fish) and 'tuna' is located in the remaining letters.
No letters remain.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

'part of' is the link.

Can you help me to learn more?

(Other definitions for tundra that I've seen before include "Vast flat treeless zone" , "northern waste" , "Area of permafrost" , "Cold plain" , "Treeless Arctic region" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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