icecap

Example Sentences

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We dug deep channels into the icecap and ran hundreds of meters worth of cable, we used chainsaws to cut blocks of ice that had encased the station's pillar supports.

From Salon • May 29, 2023

Many natural processes can provide this tiny increment of stress, including the movement of plate tectonics, a melting icecap, and even human activities.

From Salon • Feb. 24, 2017

To hazards like icecap cracks, nuclear leaks and rising seas, add another environmental threat: language fallout.

From New York Times • Feb. 9, 2017

To melt the icecap would almost certainly inundate much of the U.S. seaboard.

From Time Magazine Archive

The cold air masses created by this icecap clash with the warm winds from the ocean to churn up a storm belt that surrounds the continent, making the Southern Ocean the most treacherous sea anywhere.

From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong