Sentences with phrase «in frigid waters»

Dedicated to physical fitness, he runs and cycles regularly while indulging in the occasional winter dip in the frigid waters of Lake Ontario.

It takes 70 dips in frigid water to become a member of Sydney's Bondi Icebergs Winter Swimming Club.

This gallery is home to animals that are perfectly adapted to living in frigid waters all over the world.

A team of marine researchers funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) has discovered a three - way conflict raging at the microscopic level in the frigid waters off Antarctica over natural resources such as vitamins and iron.

Humboldt penguins live along the western coast of South America where they swim in the frigid waters swept up from the Antarctic, yet their feathers remain immune to freezing.

That helps keep them warm in frigid waters, because these marine mammals don't produce blubber — a thick layer of fat — as do seals and walruses.

Tanned and fit, he swam daily in the frigid waters of San Francisco Bay until he was sidelined by a recent illness.

By having large arteries and veins closely bundled within their leg muscles, leatherback turtles (Dermochelys coriacea) can keep their limbs warm even in frigid waters, a new study suggests.

The «Unsinkable Molly Brown» was arguably the ship's most famous survivor: she defied convention and in an act of compassion commandeered her lifeboat to go back and look for survivors in the frigid water.

This picture, taken in February 2011 by EO - 1 satellite, shows ice in the frigid water of the northwest Pacific swirling around the snow - covered island.

They collected samples in the frigid waters and used them to create what is believed to be the first spectroscopic, compositional characterization of iron in marine biogenic silica.

Antarctic cod prosper in frigid waters because their blood contains glycoproteins that act like antifreeze.

In this edition of Science Xplained, materials scientist Ainissa Ramirez of Yale University demonstrates how the metal rivets that held the ship together became brittle in the frigid waters and broke apart on impact with the iceberg, likely contributing to the enormity of the tragedy.

NASA tests a new underwater robot in the frigid waters of Antarctica.

Yet Jerry's repeated orders to stay close at hand go unheeded, and Davis again tumbles down an ice cliff — this time the grave results include a fractured leg and plunging up to his shoulders in frigid water.

However, the real test comes when Jake is sent out on his first solo mission in the frigid waters off the coast of Alaska.

For the most part large dog breeds were bred to be working dogs, usually used to hunt larger animals, pull heavy carts or tow in fishing nets to fishing boats in frigid waters.

As the name implies, this breed was used in the frigid waters of the Chesapeake Bay.

The wooden boat is slowly dismembered as fuel until it meets its demise in the frigid waters of the Loch Long.

«Resting proud on 24 metres of water, we found HMS Terror — 203 years old, it is perfectly preserved in the frigid waters of the Northwest Passage,» Arctic Research Foundation spokesman Adrian Schimnowski says in the video.

We may even remember where we where when we saw the improbable images of US Air flight 1549 floating in the frigid waters of the Hudson River on the west side of Manhattan on January 15, 2009.

Their mission was to study how the abundant marine life in these frigid waters will bear up under the stress of one of the world's most daunting, if least publicized, environmental threats: the rising acidity of the oceans.

Adaptation is clearly the cleverest designer around... and Humboldt penguins have it to thank for ice - free feathers when taking a dip in the frigid waters they call home.

In the frigid waters of the Arctic and Antarctic, fish have evolved to survive 28.5 - degree temperatures that would literally freeze the blood of less well - adapted creatures.