How To Use Snowfield In A Sentence
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Middle possibly must surmount landform and so on mountain ridge, jungle, desert, snowfield, brook, canyon one kind of outdoor activities.
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They reached South Georgia after 17 days in mountainous seas, but still faced a 22-mile trek across unexplored mountains, glaciers and snowfields to get help.
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After a quarter mile, we turn off into a steep hillside broken by blocky outcrops of granite interspersed with snowfields and patches of green.
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By dawn I was at the first snowfield, which had a good track in it.
Summit Meetings
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Our primary concern is people getting onto snowfields with running shoes on and these snowfields have large runouts down into what we call scree slopes or boulder fields.
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The only way to descend without slipping is to dig in heel-first, like a mountaineer coming down a snowfield.
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They had to cross the mountains, glaciers and snowfields to reach the whaling station on the other side.
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Water is also stored in permanent snowfields and firn (compact, granular snow that is over one year old) fields, perched lakes (lakes that are raised above the local water table by permafrost), and as permafrost itself.
Terrestrial Water Balance in the Arctic
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Soon the smells of spruce and dirt gave way to ice as we again crossed onto a snowfield.
THE LIGHTSTONE: BOOK ONE, PART TWO OF THE EA CYCLE
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Astonishingly, more than 200 climbers were threading their way up the steep snowfield on that last weekend in May.
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After another hour of rigorous scrambling, we strapped on metal crampon spikes for the steepest part -- the summit block and its treacherous snowfields.
James M. Clash: Madness on the Matterhorn
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During my isolation, I was presented with a image of a Thunderbird formed by the shadow of a cloud on a snowfield atop a nearby mountain.
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Our options were further limited by the fact that we need four-wheel drive — the Taconic, our preferred route upstate, is double the fun in a blizzard and the driveway of our house is essentially a snowfield until someone remembers to plow us out.
Life on Four Wheels
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The climate of Victoria is characterised by a range of different climate zones, from the hot, dry Mallee region of the northwest to the alpine snowfields in the northeast of Victoria.
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They predict that in the next half a decade or so, the Himalayas could experience intense flooding as mountain lakes overflow with water from melting glaciers and snowfields.
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Then sunlight breaks through, catching the tops of the snowfields on the mountains and lighting up rows of orange poplars.
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The bright light, high ultraviolet radiation, and cool temperatures of the snowfields where many species of snow algae are found would destroy a houseplant, according to Williams.
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He hollowed out a cave in the snowfield for night.
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Above us we still had a steep, loose snowfield to cross and a large overhanging cornice to surmount before summiting — both of which would prove to be the hardest climbing of the route.
A Long and Slippery Slope
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A vast snowfield, feeding many glaciers, lay at our feet, rock-peaks and snow-covered mountains were ranged around it, whilst, far away to the westward we could just see through the haze of the valley of the Columbia River.
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I stood and slowly turned 360 degrees, taking a long look at river, woods, meadow, valley, sea, mountains, snowfields, and glaciers.
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Pushing myself, continually out of breath, I scurried up and to the left across small snowfields linked by narrow runnels of verglas and short rock bands.
The Greatest Survival Stories Ever Told
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Ahead of us loomed a bald, glaciated mountain, glimpses of snowfields beyond.
HIGH STAND
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From under the granular crust of a subalpine snowfield sprang forth life as tender and fresh as a butterfly's newly unfolded wings.
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Eyes glitter with a memory of the chill snowfields that once claimed her.
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It is a curious source of pleasure to stand on the bridge and look up at the snowfield in the distant mountains and know that is where the stream begins.
Bird Cloud
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Standing on a snowfield far from any city as oceans of 10-degree air flow from the north, one can peer into the disc of the galaxy as if from space.
The Fire We Tend Against Winter
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You'll encounter a challenging mix of steep ascents and descents punctuated with alpine streams, snowfields and lush meadows.
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Their typical breeding habitat is rocky talus and snowfields near sedge and grassy areas.
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Middle possibly must surmount landform and so on mountain ridge, jungle, desert, snowfield, brook, canyon one kind of outdoor activities.
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Rushing to the snowfield, little cookie wants to play with the snowman a little longer.
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Underfoot was like walking on thicknesses of flannel, and except where we put our feet the place was as printless as a snowfield -- dust, dust, unbroken grey dust.
Widdershins
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High ice crystals prink its blue like a snowfield.
A Year on the Wing
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The answer could be that in the Antarctica snowfields, they are subject to intensive UV irradiation which causes ionisation.
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Glaciers and snowfields are essential stores of water - which keep rivers running and fields irrigated through the long, dry summer.
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Fighting fierce winds, he traverses the high ridge above Rendezvous Bowl - one of the vast, steep snowfields at the Jackson Hole Mountain Resort, in Wyoming - hauling a backpack loaded with explosives.
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If you were to compare photographs taken of, say, an alpine view in Victorian times with one taken today you would immediately notice how the glaciers and snowfields have shrunk.
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This forested 3-mile loop follows the clear, icy waters of the rushing Ohanapecosh River as it tumbles down from glaciers and snowfields above.
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On the bike tour through Montana's Glacier Park, for example, you'll average 60 mountainous miles of cycling per day, cycling past glacial snowfields and tumbling waterfalls.
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Glaciers and snowfields are essential stores of water - which keep rivers running and fields irrigated through the long, dry summer.
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He hollowed out a cave in the snowfield for night.
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They had to cross the mountains, glaciers and snowfields to reach the whaling station on the other side.
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Outside the window snow covered the glidderies and fields of Borja, and Danlo was reminded of another snowfield he had crossed long ago.
THE BROKEN GOD
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The sun fell blinding white on the snowfields, and the dancing breeze swept ice crystals down from ultramontane glaciers.
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Kyrgyzstan is a mountainous country with many snowfields, glaciers, and deep lakes.
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He was referring to a campsite on a snowfield at the 10,000-foot level.
The Seattle Times
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We'll take just our day packs up these ridges during our seven-day circuit of the mountain, when lingering snowfields add drama, and wildflowers are at their most sublime.
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I'd topped a fold and begun the last scramble to my truck when something streaked across the snowfield a hundred yards in front of me.
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Or would we rather have a world where no foolish grade schooler can ever concuss herself on a steep snowfield?
Archive 2009-09-01
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On the snowfield of Beijing National Stadium (Bird's Nest), an egg yolk is lying there quietly, seeming to be waiting for hatching out a new life.
