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Beardmore Glacier

American  
[beerd-mawr, -mohr] / ˈbɪərd mɔr, -moʊr /

noun

  1. one of the largest glaciers, in central Antarctica. About 125 miles (200 km) long.


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Wavy flow lines in the ice of the Beardmore Glacier reflected in the midmorning sun.

From New York Times • Jan. 5, 2011

Taylor gave us a paper on the Beardmore Glacier.

From Scott's Last Expedition Volume I by Scott, Robert Falcon

It was decided, therefore, that all should proceed, and that the next and last depot should be placed on the base of Mount Hope, at the foot of the Beardmore Glacier, in lat.

From South: the story of Shackleton's 1914-1917 expedition by Shackleton, Ernest Henry, Sir

The final depot would be made at the foot of the Beardmore Glacier.

From South: the story of Shackleton's 1914-1917 expedition by Shackleton, Ernest Henry, Sir

Plateau—the only objects that broke the monotony of the great white glittering waste that stretches from the Beardmore Glacier Head to the South Pole.

From South with Scott by Mountevans, Edward Ratcliffe Garth Russell Evans, baron