ice front
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of ice front
First recorded in 1855–60
Example Sentences
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In 2009, Pettit tried to monitor the ice front from a safe distance in Icy Bay, Alaska, using hydrophones to record sounds underwater.
From National Geographic ● Sep. 7, 2023
Near the surface, temperature differences between the ocean and the ice front or between land and the ocean can do the same.
From Science Magazine ● Aug. 23, 2022
The rift tip appears also to have turned significantly towards the ice front, indicating that the time of calving is probably very close.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 12, 2017
At. last the enormous, pale green ice front of cliff, a half or a full mile in height, crunches and grinds its way .
From Time Magazine Archive
If an iceberg broke off near such a place, the sun might thaw the ice front of the glacier, until the hairy monster could at length be reached.
From Earth and Sky Every Child Should Know Easy studies of the earth and the stars for any time and place by Rogers, Julia Ellen
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