icecap
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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
Fifty times as big as Denmark, which has ruled it since 1721, it is 85% covered by an icecap up to two miles thick.
From Time Magazine Archive
The polar icecap had made Antarctica a frozen desert.
From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong
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Physical Geography - Middle School
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Physical Geography - High School
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