Workers in the field refer to the perceptual crevasse which separates acceptable caricature from accurate representation as "the uncanny valley"—and the "The Polar Express" fell right into it.
In 1985, during the ascent of a remote peak in the Peruvian Andes, Mr Simpson fell into a crevasse.
The missile did ultimately hit its mark, but Superman was able to prevent catastrophic damage by flying into a crevasse and personally stabilising the tectonic plates with his sheer brawn, Atlas-style.In the newly released film "San Andreas" (pictured), the fault once again threatens to destroy the Golden State.
Thus, crevasse depths are a function of the rate of stretching and the temperature of the ice.
Babu Chhiri reportedly fell into a crevasse while taking photographs near Camp II at about 6,500 m (21,300 ft).
After three days of exhausting climbing on the north side of the mountain (which included a fall into a crevasse), on August 20 he stood on the summit.
A bergschrund is a large crevasse that lies a short distance from the exposed rock walls and separates the stationary from the moving ice; in early summer it opens, exposing the rock at its base to diurnal changes of temperature.
They were stopped at the top by a huge crevasse but traced a possible line up the Western Cwm (cirque, or valley) to the South Col, the high saddle between Lhotse and Everest.
After considerable difficulty with the route, they overcame the final crevasse by means of a rope bridge.
A "magnificent sight", was Humboldt's first thought, but then he saw the huge crevasse in front of them – 65ft wide.
Andrew Virco, 50, and partner Katharine Walker, 51, from Cambridge, and Nigel and Cynthia Charlton, 66 and 70, from Hampshire, died when their aircraft crashed in a crevasse on the Fox Glacier on the South Island.
