shelf ice

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So at 2 a.m., about 50 of us jammed into “Ivan” the TerraBus and Deltas, vehicles with giant snow tires, and rode over the shelf ice to Pegasus.

From New York Times • Jan. 20, 2011

It’s the more permanent runway built on the shelf ice about 10 miles from McMurdo.

From New York Times • Jan. 20, 2011

These trucks have large tires to reduce the pressure on the sea ice and shelf ice roads near McMurdo.

From New York Times • Jan. 20, 2011

An enormous chunk of shelf ice on which Byrd and Co. set up camp had broken off and drifted away.

From Time Magazine Archive

The snow was coming down harder, but it was very still, except that from far off I heard the rumbling of shelf ice.

From "Black Star, Bright Dawn" by Scott O'Dell