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glacier

[gley-sher] / ˈgleɪ ʃər /
NOUN
mountain of ice, snow
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The glacier temporarily stabilized during the 2022 austral winter.

From Science Daily • May 19, 2026

Ochwat and study co author Ted Scambos, a senior research scientist at the University of Colorado Boulder, said new satellite technologies could significantly improve scientists' understanding of rapid glacier retreat.

From Science Daily • May 19, 2026

Between blocks of talks, attendees partake in activities from the glacier show-and-tell to an iNaturalist BioBlitz in Stanley Park to a field trip to the local Renaissance faire.

From Slate • May 8, 2026

By this stage in April they would normally have fixed the route as far as Camp 3, but are still blocked by the chunk of glacier about 600m below Camp 1.

From BBC • Apr. 23, 2026

There are white-fur pesthry in Kerm Land as in the Gobrin Hinterlands; they like places that lie under the breath of the glacier.

From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin




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