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- noun Alternative spelling of
ice field .
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Examples
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But there was a much greater quantity of ice this year, and on the 17th of July, the expedition fell in with an "icefield" of such extent that it took thirteen days to coast along it.
Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part I. The Exploration of the World Jules Verne 1866
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I also liked the north-pole icefield electro-chunter of 'Glitter Freeze', guest-starring Mark E Smith.
Gorillaz, Plastic Beach (2010) Adam Roberts 2010
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I also liked the north-pole icefield electro-chunter of 'Glitter Freeze', guest-starring Mark E Smith.
Archive 2010-03-01 Adam Roberts 2010
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That a tribe had been wiped off its icefield, or the lights had gone out in Rome.
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The moon shone on it, and it looked like a great shimmering icefield, with the heads of the distant tors as rocks borne upon its surface.
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When Helliconia is furthest from Freyr, the planet becomes a frozen icefield, whilst at its closest the entire planet is baked in heat and the equatorial belt becomes uninhabitable.
Brian Aldiss' HELLICONIA returning to print Adam Whitehead 2010
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The Upsala glacier and six other glaciers descend from the South Andean icefield into the lake.
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From the same icefield, another major glacier spilling into Chile has grown 60% in volume.
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According to Spy, the Boy's contented expression, as he hacked across a Norwegian icefield flanked by huskies, belied a deeper unease.
Role models Richard 2006
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When they drill ice core holes, do they drill multiple holes in a line from a the perimeter of an icefield to the approximate center of such a field to plot for any missing levels towards the outer edge to track if the ice had ever receded back past the current perimeter exposed and at what level, thus geological time to see how far ice retreats with added warmth?
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