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

After an iceberg crashes into the water, surface waves called calving-induced tsunamis sweep across the fjord and mix the upper water layers.

From Science Daily • Nov. 14, 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

There are no sandy beaches on the fjord.

From "Boy: Tales of a Childhood" by Roald Dahl