icebound

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This January, temperatures in Nuuk hovered at an unseasonably balmy 50 degrees Fahrenheit on some days, WSJ’s Max Colchester and Daniel Michaels write in this dispatch from Greenland’s icebound capital.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 15, 2026

The icebound river landscape may be at least 34 million years old, meaning that it would date to right before ice encrusted Antarctica.

From Scientific American • Nov. 3, 2023

As diphtheria - a serious and sometimes fatal bacterial infection - spread among Nome's people, its port was icebound, meaning antitoxin would have to be delivered overland.

From Reuters • Apr. 27, 2023

Then, after a brief conversation between the creature and his maker, Berry transforms into Frankenstein, then back into the creature, before the piece rushes to its absurd, icebound conclusion.

From New York Times • Feb. 17, 2020

When the American ships became icebound, the brave crew managed to survive nine months at –40°F. They found three British graves, but not Sir Franklin’s.

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock