[
UK
/ˈaɪskæp/
]
NOUN
- a mass of ice and snow that permanently covers a large area of land (e.g., the polar regions or a mountain peak)
How To Use icecap In A Sentence
- It warns of adverse consequences such as the melting of glaciers and polar icecaps, leading to rising sea levels.
- The icecap is a vast area of white wilderness, unspoiled and unknown, inhabited by polar bears and seals. What Works When Life Doesn’t
- The expedition team successfully erected a new research station at Dome Argus (Dome A), the pole's highest icecap, which is 4,093 meters above sea level. Undefined
- Even as a child I had heard what a monadnock was - a huge lump of rock rising above rolling forests, a big hunk scraped bare but still left after the icecap had gone back.
- Antarctic, as freezing cold air rushes down from the top of the icecap towards the surrounding seas. Times, Sunday Times
- The region has barely been explored, but as the polar icecap melts access is becoming easier. Times, Sunday Times
- Quite unlike today's northern barrens, it combined Arctic tundra with fertile loess soil and low latitudes the Eurasian tundra belt having been pushed far to the south by the Scandinavian icecap.
- But we may not have to wait until 2100 to find out. Scientists warn that the Arctic icecap will completely melt between the years 2020-2037.
- Antarctic, as freezing cold air rushes down from the top of the icecap towards the surrounding seas. Times, Sunday Times
- Venezuela also has one of the most diverse climates, with icecapped Andean mountains to the west, Amazon jungle to the south, wide rivers and tall waterfalls surrounded by tabletop mountains and unusual rock formations to the southeast, and a gorgeous, pristine Caribbean coast to the north that has some of the world's finest and exclusive beaches, such as Los New on venezuelanalysis.com