Sentences with phrase «of ice breaking»

They showed a chunk of ice breaking off this summer on July 30th, 2008 up in northern Canada.

The former VP's film shows dramatic shots of massive chunks of ice breaking off glaciers, but this «calving» of icebergs is a normal, natural process, which has been creating our valleys for millions of years.

The alarm bells start ringing when climatologist Jack Hall (Dennis Quaid) witnesses a major piece of ice breaking off from the coast of Antarctica.

You can tell a lot about a person from their profile description and some of the ice breaking questions that online dating sites provide.

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Mostly he heard only familiar, comfortingthings: the soft snort of horses awakening in their stalls, the myriad, sibilant noises of a spring thaw, a bird chirping bravely in a tree, the mutedrumble of ice breaking up in the Black Sea.

Almost exactly a year ago, a 251 - square - kilometer sheet of ice broke from the Petermann Glacier in Greenland and started slowly drifting into the open ocean.

On July 17, more than 70 million tons of ice broke off from the Aru glacier in the mountains of western Tibet and tumbled into a valley below, taking the lives of nine nomadic yak herders living there.

Scientists recognized that climate change is rapidly altering the landscape in Antarctica, particularly when it comes to glacier retreat and ice shelf collapse, so they made a pact for how they would approach research as huge chunks of ice broke off.

But that's not all... watch for wildlife on your 7 - night Alaska cruise as you marvel at glaciers and witness the tremendous slabs of ice break off into the sea.

Marvel at glaciers and witness the amazing spectacle of thunder and spray as tremendous slabs of ice break off and «calve» into the sea.

Cruise through Tracy Arm, with one of Alaska's most dramatic glacier settings; the gorgeous Inside Passage, with its whales, soaring eagles, and more; and Glacier Bay National Park, where you'll witness the huge slabs of ice break off and «calve» into the sea.

Last week, a city - state sized chunk of ice broke off of Pine Island Glacier (PIG), sending iceberg B - 31 into a bay off West Antarctica.

Reports from scientists monitoring the situation indicate that a chuck of ice the size of Manhattan (100 sq. kilometers) is about the fall off, with the suspected cause being at least partially to do with increasing flows of warm water moving up the coast due to the region's changing climate, New Scientist reports.Large chunks of ice break off the Petermann glacier all the time, but with a chunk this size breaking away — this 5 billion tons of ice is about half of the glacier's annual flow — it's unlikely that current rates of snowfall elsewhere on the glacier will be able to make up for it.

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WUHAN, China, April 28 - Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will take an hour - long boat ride with his host Chinese President Xi Jinping on Saturday, the final day of an ice - breaking trip both are hoping will lead to better ties after a year of strains.

BEIJING, April 24 - China failed to get India's support for its ambitious Belt and Road infrastructure project at the end of a foreign ministers» meeting of a major security bloc on Tuesday, ahead of an ice - breaking trip to China this week by India's prime minister.

WUHAN, China, April 28 - India and China have agreed to improve communication between their militaries to maintain peace at the border, India's foreign secretary said on Saturday at the end of an ice - breaking trip to China by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

We all know the inherent value of networking, but sometimes it's difficult to break the ice with new prospects.

It started with bystanders attempting to save a winter sledder, who had broken through the ice of a California lake.

She's practiced the «Oops, I did it again'thousands of times in training, and on Thursday her signature trick was worth its weight in Olympic gold as American Jocelyne Lamoureux - Davidson's shootout winner broke a Canadian 16 - year stranglehold on the women's ice hockey title.

After its takeover of the New York Stock Exchange in 2013, Intercontinental Exchange (ice) has continued on an acquisition spree, which helped it grow sales more than 27 % last year — just the boost it needed to help it break into the Fortune 500.

The association with the show even helped smooth talks with a group of big - ticket clients, helping to break the ice during an initial meeting.

BEIJING, April 24 (Reuters)- China failed to get India's support for its ambitious Belt and Road infrastructure project at the end of a foreign ministers» meeting of a major security bloc on Tuesday, ahead of an ice - breaking trip to China this week by India's prime minister.

«One of the best ways to break the ice is by asking questions,» says serial investor John Rampton.

Some of the ice - breaking exercises are revealing and deeply personal, underscoring the vast gulf between the worlds that divide volunteers and EITs.

«Most extroverts I know will break the ice the minute they enter the room,» writes John Spencer of QLI.

Pricing Strategy Shaved Ice is a product that yields a considerable profit in terms of cost to produce at $ 0.12 for a small cup to $ 0.30 for an extra large will be offered at the following prices: Small $ 1.50 Medium $ 2.00 Large $ 3.00 X-Large $ 4.00 Break - even Analysis Estimated monthly fixed expenses for a single store including rent, labor and utilities of $ 5,100 would require approximate 80 cups / day sales generating approximately $ 5,550 with a gross profit of $ 5,150.

Believe it or not, this will help break the ice and get past the first awkward minutes of new conversations.

That is, until the phone starts ringing because one unit's heating system has broken... someone slipped on the ice in the parking lot... and your most valued tenant has decided he's going out of business.

RICHMOND, Virginia — President Donald Trump is the ice - breaker ship that broke through 30 years of thick permafrost, according to former Trump administration official Dr. Sebastian Gorka, who called on 200 grassroots activists to be the flotilla that keeps the ice from reforming behind him.

FIX API connectivity is starting to break the ice shelf in fixed income and push a wave of new trading platforms and data & analytic solutions into the market.

There are so many challenges that come with special needs children, I think that was just her way of breaking the ice and letting her family know everything is going to be ok.

It is too long to quote in full here, but one has only to think of a few of the powerful and particular images that situate the joy of the «swinger of birches» within the real and fallen world: the ice like broken glass, the trees bent by weather, the face that «burns and tickles with the cobwebs / Broken across it,» and the eye watering «From a twig's having lashed across it open.&broken glass, the trees bent by weather, the face that «burns and tickles with the cobwebs / Broken across it,» and the eye watering «From a twig's having lashed across it open.&Broken across it,» and the eye watering «From a twig's having lashed across it open.»

This not only helps improve the appearance of your neighborhood and cleans up the environment, but is another way to break the ice with your neighbors.

As they ran across a frozen body of water, the thief - catcher broke through the ice.

The time signifies the breaking of ice between the bride and the groom as there are several other playful activities that take place, subsequently.

In some cases, the alcoholic may give subtle clues that he is on the verge of discussing his problem and would like to do so, but is having trouble «breaking the ice.»

Whereas the normal American way of breaking - the - ice is to say, «I'm John Doe and I work at Boeing» or «I'm Jane Smith and I'm an attorney,» these folks would begin rather differently: «I'm John Doe / Jane Smith and I was born again on such - and - such - a-date,» usually in the past 10 or 15 years.

While a section of ice may lead in a new direction or to new limits, making the most noise and gaining the most attention, these peninsulas are also the most likely to be those that break off and fall into the sea as icebergs, floating away and disappearing.

Slivers of good news include the recent release of kidnapped Christians, an attempt in Morocco to protect Christians in Muslim countries, what $ 1 million revealed on Christian coping strategies beyond fight or flight, how Christian «resistance videos» of forgiveness are going viral, and Pope Francis and Patriarch Kirill breaking the century - old ice over the issue.

If the «light dawns» and the «ice breaks,» we have a basis both for «belief that» and «acknowledgment of» which is open to analysis and checking for «empirical fit,» and this can lead to commitment.

I'm trying to break the ice with some of my neighbors here in my neighborhood.

If we use the logically odd phrase «Word of God» to describe the Bible, with «Word» as the model and «of God» as the qualifier, so that we speak of «hearing» God's Word, we mean that if we follow the verbal pattern formed by the words of scripture, we may find ourselves in a situation in which a disclosure occurs; the «light dawns» or the «ice breaks.»

The use of a nickname, the humorous situation that «breaks the ice» at a stuffy party, swearing which offends the pious because it is close to the logic of the language about God, the use of words with a specialized meaning and enclosed in quotation marks or inverted commas, the discovery of someone's name after an encounter on an impersonal level are incidents which may lead to discernment.

Didn't you ever try just talking to communicate, instead of resorting to cult tactics to break the ice?

When you initially meet someone in a social setting, one of the easiest ice - breaking questions is to ask «What do you do?»

Marshmallow - flavored ice cream colored green is broken up with swirls of homemade fudge and graham cracker ice cream.

For a quick dessert, break one of these sweet treats in half and dollop a few scoops of your favourite vegan ice cream on top.

Find Ways to Break the Ice - I discovered early on that the best parties involve a certain amount of serendipity.