Sentences with phrase «thick ice fronts»
She recently worked with a biologist in Washington, for example, on a paper about how narwhals use glacial fronts in summertime — the tusked marine mammals appear to be attracted to glaciers with thick ice fronts and freshwater melt that's low in silt, though it's not yet clear why.
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Our fleet of XV Crosstreks look as bedraggled as the group of drivers, with front fascias hanging askew and a thick plaster of ice and grime covering the once bright assortment of white, green, and silver paint.
A thick layer of ice built up on the front of the car during my morning commute... and everything went to hell.
This lead opened through thick ice in front of many North Pole bound expeditions, causing a terrifying noise which lasted for several hours, as soon as it opened, sea water froze, it was very cold.
The calving front protrudes a mere 5 - 10 m above sea level, reflecting the fact that the ice at the front is only 60 - 70 m thick.
Zhakarov's model is conceptually simple: during periods of high precipitation when winter ice forms readily, summer ice cover increases, the atmosphere cools, the arctic front together with its associated rain belt shifts south so that freshwater input to the Arctic Ocean decreases, and winter ice cover is thicker, has a deeper draft, and so survives better in summer.