crevasse

Example Sentences

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Hikes to the top of Mount Cook, which towers over the Southern Alps running the length of the South Island, are difficult even for experienced climbers because of large crevasses and unpredictable weather.

From BBC

The glacier was covered with slick ice and sweeping snowdrifts and deep crevasses.

From Literature

Soon he was snoring in a shady spot under a fat juniper bush that spread out from a rock crevasse.

From Literature

Schuppli wove a portion of Sharp’s file into a 24-minute collage of ice recordings she and other researchers had made around the world by climbing into crevasses or sticking hydrophones beneath a glacier’s watery lips.

From New York Times

Deep crevasses snaked across their path from time to time.

From Literature