fjord
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"In winter, everything is white, and if you are flying in a helicopter, for example, and have to monitor an area, you cannot see if a snowmobile has been driven down to a fjord."
From Barron's • Jan. 28, 2026
"If a rapid collapse were to occur, the material would fall directly into the fjord, and that could generate a tsunami with potentially high wave heights," she added.
From Science Daily • Dec. 21, 2025
On a concrete plateau on a mountain overlooking the ice-dotted fjord sits the base’s radar building, a massive brutalist structure shaped like a concrete-and-steel trapezoid.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 12, 2025
Blanchett even took her family to the Arctic Circle over New Year’s and they all leapt into a fjord.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 12, 2025
“Just think about being in a cool place. That always helps. Let’s pretend this is our new home in Norway. There’s a fjord outside and snow on the mountains.”
From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy
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Physical Geography - Middle School
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