Sentence examples for difficult ice from inspiring English sources

From the mouth of the Northern (Severnaya) Dvina River, the route ran coastwise, through Yugorsky Shar Strait to the west coast of Yamal; to avoid the difficult ice conditions farther north, the shallow-drafted vessels crossed the peninsula to the Gulf of Ob via two opposing rivers and an intervening portage.

Without that hard ice, it becomes difficult, if not impossible, to hunt for seals, a mainstay of the traditional diet.

Mastering the sport is difficult and ice times are often inconvenient, as youth and men's players still have a lock on most rink business.

Difficult sea ice conditions and the consequent unpredictability of shipping schedules will severely limit interest in developing trans-Arctic Ocean container shipping.

This also made it difficult to ice skate, which I tried, putting Snuggie to a bit of an unfair test at the Rockefeller Center rink.

For now, though, the Russians have only drilled 18 meters through the difficult bottom ice in the last two seasons and their drill bit is currently broken.

It would be difficult for ICE to dismiss the standards set forth in the Prison Rape Elimination Act because they are regulations.

Despite their physical weakness, the whole party managed to reach Cape Evans on 7 November, after a perilous journey which included a crossing of the difficult Drygalski Ice Tongue.

That makes it very difficult for sea ice to freeze.

A transmission expert in the department's new office of electricity reliability, Philip Overholt, said that the 3M cable was performing well there under difficult wind and ice conditions.

It's so difficult to find ice time, and there's so much equipment – it's a sport that you just can't do without a really strong support system, particularly from your parents.