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ice barrier

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noun

  1. the outer margin of the Antarctic ice sheet, which extends beyond the coastline.


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"I was very worried when I started to notice that the ice barrier was getting weaker and witnessing such an astronomical change in the climate," he explains.

From BBC • Oct. 12, 2022

Until now, scientists believed humans only travelled south into the Americas when this ice barrier began to melt — at the earliest, 16,500 years ago.

From Salon • Oct. 1, 2021

The Norwegian whalers which had with difficulty put him, two companions, 53 dogs, a wireless machine and a year's supply of food, fuel and equipment on the ice barrier, had all gone.

From Time Magazine Archive

The Antarctic ice barrier on which Captain Hjalmar J. Riiser-Larsen was making a preliminary camp last week sundered with a terrific sound like giant bolts of canvas being torn.

From Time Magazine Archive

“Nathan,” Wind Being said, “this ice barrier was created by Mother Water Monster to prevent passage between the worlds. You’ll have to sing for us to pass.”

From "Healer of the Water Monster" by Brian Young