crevasse

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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

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

The Icefin found that there are certain regions underneath the shelf where the ice becomes less smooth, filled with crevasses and steep terraces.

From Scientific American

Within the crevasses and terraces, the robot captured video of scalloped side walls that resemble a round coffered ceiling.

From Washington Post

When the skinny robot wended its way through the hole in the ice – made by a jet of hot water – the cameras showed not just the melting water, the crucial crevasses and seabed.

From Seattle Times