Sentences with phrase «arctic winter»
The phrase "arctic winter" refers to the extremely cold and harsh winter season experienced in the Arctic region. It is a period characterized by freezing temperatures, long nights, snow, and strong winds. Full definition
During cold arctic winters, I dig for warm spots.
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The village of Pellston in Michigan often sees arctic winters, with a thermometer - shattering record low of -47 °C in 1933.
To more fully understand Arctic lake dynamics and to document the changes we have observed requires also doing fieldwork under often harsh conditions during the cold and dark arctic winter,» said Benjamin Jones of the U.S. Geological Survey in Anchorage and co-author of the new study.
Nanuq (meaning polar bear in the Inuit language) is a 60 - foot Grand Integral sailboat designed, built and skipped by Genevese architect Peter Gallinelli to sail in the polar region and withstand arctic winter in a self - sufficient mode, using only renewable energies (sun, wind, environmental heat), thanks to its innovative thermal insulation and heat recovery systems, coupled with an optimized energy management system.
At least four key findings from these projects relating to arctic heterotrophic food web, pelagic - benthic coupling and biodiversity have emerged: (1) Contrary to a long - standing paradigm of dormant ecosystems during the long arctic winter, major food web components showed relatively high level of winter activity, well before the spring release of ice algae and subsequent phytoplankton bloom.
I also fully expect to see our first ice free arctic winter day sometime in the mid 2020s.
Looks like Chicago is finally out of it's arctic winter?
And as the confrontation between the two men plays out amid the freezing darkness of an arctic winter, the fateful question arises: who will survive until spring?
In the arctic winters, you have to take what you can get, which many times may not be much at all.
Maybe spring really was just around the corner in this prolonged, arctic winter.
Basically he confirmed my amateur guess: that the arctic winter is invariably long enough and cold enough to freeze essentially all of the surface water of the arctic ocean.
Electricity is a problem; there is no sun and not much wind in an arctic winter.