icescape

American  

[ahys-skeyp] / ˈaɪsˌskeɪp /

noun

1. a landscape covered with ice or with snow and ice.

   the limitless icescapes of Antarctica.

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Etymology

Origin of icescape

First recorded in 1900–05; ice + -scape

Example Sentences

By day, the sun danced across an icescape dotted with harp seal mothers and pups with cloud-soft fur, obsidian eyes, and charcoal noses.

From National Geographic

KINNGAIT, NUNAVUT, Canada — Just 125 miles shy of the Arctic Circle, in a hamlet etched into an icescape of rock and snow, a tiny figure clutching worn colored pencils sprawls atop a huge drawing, her frame half the size of the paper.

From New York Times

He spent 78 days on the icescape leading an expedition to map the geology and document the creatures and plants fossilized in Jurassic-age rocks to better understand how the ancient supercontinent Gondwana broke apart.

From New York Times

The entire icescape has changed.

From The Guardian

He said he enjoys the sounds of the nearly barren continent more than anything — his skis on the snow and ice, the wind streaming across the icescape.

From New York Times