shelf ice

Example Sentences

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

From Literature

Look closely at the satellite pictures and the higher air temperatures recorded in the region are obvious from the large number of melt ponds that sit on top of the shelf ice.

From BBC

“The lake landscape in the winter is spectacular with shelf ice,” Labovitz says.

From Washington Post

Rowe says you can safely view the shelf ice at the Lake View Beach picnic area in Beverly Shores or from the park’s bathhouses.

From Seattle Times

"This unknown biodiversity has been covered by shelf ice for thousands of years. It's had no sunlight and therefore it has had no food coming in through phytoplankton."

From BBC