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
He rammed a slightly frozen Union Jack into the icecap, then scrambled to unpack their celebratory feast: a chocolate Easter egg and a magnum of champagne, which at that latitude was, of course, "nicely chilled."
From Time Magazine Archive
This mammoth icecap presses down so heavily that it actually distorts the shape of the earth.
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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