Sentences with phrase «ice under his feet»

In the middle of the city, he would wander alone as if in the country, the slight crunch of the ice under his feet.

I could almost hear the crunching ice under my feet as she described to me the idyllic (if absolutely freezing) countryside she grew up in.

Not exact matches

Right now it is flowing under a couple of feet of ice.

Finally, she opens a door on the side of a rocky outcrop and enters the Svartisen Subglacial Laboratory, a research center buried under 650 feet of ice.

In effect, this UAV survey across the ablation zone of the ice sheet perfectly bridges the gap between people on the ground studying what's under their feet in just one part of the ice sheet, and the satellite data that shows what's going on across the entire ice sheet.

Beneath the snow's deceptively flat surface, under 2,600 feet of ice, lay a mysterious lake that human eyes had never seen.

The ice under the front of the shelf is melting at a rate of about 3.3 feet (1 meter) per year, so the creatures must be burrowing to stay inside the ice, Rack said.

Rack and his team drilled a hole through the 890 - foot - thick (270 meters) ice shelf and lowered down a robotic vehicle known as the SCINI ROV (Submersible Capable of under - Ice Navigation and Imaging - Remotely Operated Vehicle) on a tethice shelf and lowered down a robotic vehicle known as the SCINI ROV (Submersible Capable of under - Ice Navigation and Imaging - Remotely Operated Vehicle) on a tethIce Navigation and Imaging - Remotely Operated Vehicle) on a tether.

A solitary bear peers into the ice melting under its feet.

Scientists have buried beads of optical sensors under almost a mile of ice, where it is dark and clear enough to detect the blue light of a neutrino - induced particle shower even from hundreds of feet away.

At the first drill site, the researchers drilled until hitting bedrock about 100 feet (30 m) under the surface of the ice.

During glacial phases (Ice Ages), they travelled to the site by foot over cold, open landscapes, now submerged under the sea.

When they're not diving 2,000 feet under the Southern Ocean, Weddell seals spend their time lounging on Antarctica's ice.

With the rising levels of BPA and other plastic chemicals found in our groundwater, ocean water, and even buried under 30 feet of ice at the south pole, experts warn that these chemicals may be contributing to the rising health problems we are seeing worldwide.

If your health isn't a big enough motivator, consider that plastic chemicals have been found under 20 feet of ice in the antarctic (where there is no human habitation or waste) and that many animal species are also being affected by our plastic waste.

Plastic chemicals were even found under 30 feet of ice in the Antarctic, a place not even inhabited by humans and previously not thought to be contaminated by plastic waste.

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There is ample in the floor storage areas, seats that fold completely flat for even more room for cargo for up to sixty seven and a half cubic feet of cargo space, even a creative in floor cooler that actually holds ice and the passenger front seat has under the seat storage space for a perfect hiding spot for all your valuables.

The ice melted faster than the geostatic rebound and the area was subsequently submerged under about 200 feet of ocean.

Re 191 Henning, I had an ice field slide out from under my feet a couple of years ago.

They lie at least 60 feet (20m) thick under the lake, and cover a slice of time running well into the last ice age, around 25,000 years ago.

Repeated Pleistocene Epoch ice ages covered much of North America, Europe and Asia under mile - thick ice sheets that denuded continents, stunted plant growth, and dropped ocean levels 400 feet for thousands of years.

Climate change is pulling the sea ice out from under polar bears» feet, forcing some to swim longer distances to find food and habitat.

In February and March 2015, scientists studying the highly dynamic, thinning Arctic drift ice north of Svalbard were forced to evacuate their ice camp several times as ice floes broke up under their feet.

If all the ice on Greenland were to melt, it would raise sea level by 7 meters (23 feet), but even under a high temperature rise scenario, it could take many centuries for it to melt completely.

With these trends in ice cover and sea level only expected to continue and likely worsen if atmospheric carbon dioxide levels continue to rise, they could alter the stresses and forces fighting for balance in the ground under our feet — changes that are well - documented in studies of past climate change, but which are just beginning to be studied as possible consequences of the current state of global warming.

When the Secretary General of the UN recently visited Antarctica, the Associated Press report said the ice was melting under his feet with record high temperatures.

34 Temperatures Rising due to Global Warming Effects Glaciers melting Greenland — If all of the ice melts, oceans will rise 23 feet Antarctic — major reduction in ice coverage Permafrost in Tundra is releasing CO2 that is stored under the ice

put this on the back shelf right next to global warming melted the ice cap and NYC is under a foot of water

The band endured the challenge, watched as the ice cracked its thunderous warnings under their feet and shot «what is our love letter to this magnificent and, sadly, soon to be lost treasure.»

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Portland has experienced a ridiculous amount of snow and ice — we have a foot of powdery white snow on the ground now under a crunchy layer of ice!