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ice barrier
noun
- the outer margin of the Antarctic ice sheet, which extends beyond the coastline.
Example Sentences
"Indigenous peoples were there earlier than thought, before the great ice barrier at the height of the last glacial maximum closed the way south from Alaska. By what route and how they got there is yet to be determined. White Sands is just one point on the map for now," Bennett said.
"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.
“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.”
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.
It was an eye-catching experience starting with an opening flyover of an ice barrier as the camera then dives into the Barents Sea, part of the Arctic Ocean.
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