Sentences with phrase «marching across the sea»

The cold period also froze the Baltic Sea to an extent that the Swedish army managed to invade Denmark in 1658 by marching across the sea ice.

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From the close of the War of 1812 to the close of the Mexican War in 1848, he marks the determined march of a people across a continent to found a sea - to - sea empire and, in clear, vivid prose, conveys to us how awed he is by it» and how troubled.

The recent mass immigration of thousands of displaced children together with their families to European countries, and their historical long march in the wake of a risk - laden and desperate journey across different countries and less - than - friendly seas in the hope to leave behind the miseries of war and move toward a better life that they are hoping to forge for themselves and their parents in their host countries, resonates with the life stories and conditions of the characters of a number of submissions this year.»

Across the Arctic, there has been only a marginal decline in total sea ice extent (Fig. 6) between March and June, the critical spring feeding period when polar bears require the ice as a hunting platform for gorging on young, fat seals.

«It was like a sea of Cabernet marching across the sand.