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

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

Any lingering rose-colored tint vanishes from Sylvie’s visions of Colorado after an incident at the mine illuminates a yawning crevasse between workers and their employers.

From New York Times

“And going up, there was quite a bit of crevasses, so there was a lot of zigzagging to try to find spots to jump over them.”

From New York Times

A pair of mountaineers could scout for hidden crevasses and establish safe routes, allowing the team to move around freely.

From Scientific American