crevasses
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Three more bodies were recovered from within the crevasses of the glacier.
From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2024
It’s best known for wide spine-tingling crevasses spanned by flimsy-looking aluminum ladders lashed together with rope.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 29, 2024
Their branches grow in wildly unpredictable directions, and the trees’ gray, gnarled trunks are shot through with holes and crevasses large enough to hide a sleeping child.
From New York Times ● Mar. 9, 2024
Yet for decades, due to the risk of avalanches and hidden snow-lined crevasses, no research expedition had ever been able to reach the peak of Nevado Huascarán to collect these ancient records.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 15, 2023
The glacier was covered with slick ice and sweeping snowdrifts and deep crevasses.
From "The Wild Robot Protects" by Peter Brown
