Sentences with phrase «ice continent»
The phrase "ice continent" refers to a large landmass consisting mostly of ice, such as Antarctica. Full definition
In the end, the panel decided there was too much uncertainty in the Antarctic models to say how much ice the continent would lose over this century.
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Scientists discovered a subglacial lake underneath the Canadian ice continent that is four to five times saltier than seawater.
On January 14, the Huygens probe will parachute to the surface and show what lies beneath the haze: Light areas may be ice continents; darker regions could be chilly ethane seas.
Nation's fourth station will be a staging ground for a little - studied region of the ice continent
And far from being decorative, this device is now turning the ice continent into the world's biggest particle detector.
Antarctica is very windy, so the power for the pumping could in principle be generated by wind turbines — yet this would require building roughly 850.000 wind - energy plants onto the ice continent.
Billy Gawronski, the son of Polish immigrants, wanted nothing more than to go to the ice continent with his hero, explorer Richard Byrd.