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ice road

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noun

  1. a temporary winter road built across ice or frozen ground

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The version of Alaska that a lot of us know through pop culture is this male-dominated frontier with fishermen and ice road truckers.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 18, 2024

The river in the winter serves as an ice road, but there was only enough ice at this time of the year to prevent boats from operating.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 16, 2023

Neeson, who plays a big-rig ice road driver, takes it upon himself to rescue the miners amid a massive storm, among other terrifying conditions.

From Salon • Jun. 5, 2021

An ice road that offered a two-month respite from the border headaches has long since melted.

From New York Times • May 30, 2021

Here the river was about a hundred feet wide, the long ice road that Fred had imagined.

From Northern Diamonds by Pollock, Frank Lillie