Sentence examples for ice towards from inspiring English sources

On Friday it had tried to battle through the thick ice towards the Shokalskiy but had to turn back after 12 hours because the going was too difficult.

The Chinese icebreaker, which has more than 100 people on board, will attempt to break through the dense pack ice towards open water on Saturday morning.

Just before Christmas Day, strong south-easterly winds began pushing the sea ice towards the Antarctic coastline, quickly forming a dense mass around the ship and pinning us in place.

Amid a mass of humanity, traders carry baskets of giant fish on their heads, while ladies sit peeling prawns with unbelievable dexterity and small boys push huge buckets of ice towards lavishly painted trucks preparing to whisk the seafood away.

Curling, Scotland The surprisingly tense sport of curling – in which players slide polished circular stones across the ice towards a target area – is thought to have been invented in medieval Scotland.

Encounters at the End of the World (2007) steers clear of the cuddly for as long as possible, and when it finally succumbs to the bird's allure, Herzog focuses on "penguin prostitution" and the suicidal impulses of penguins, who for no discernible reason suddenly depart the colony, and head inland, waddling forlornly across the ice towards the distant south pole and inevitable death.

Analyses of Arctic ice in recent years consistently indicate a change in the nature of the ice itself - from one solid mass that melts and freezes at its edges towards more dispersed, piecemeal ice cover, and from robust "multi-year" ice toward seasonal floes that melt more easily.

Congress has appropriated almost $208 billion towards ICE's efforts towards ICE's efforts to deport immigrants over the past several years.

Greenland Ice Sheet Tipping Towards Irreversible Decline: The Greenland ice sheet is melting ever faster, turning darker faster as it does so, reports Andrew Freedman at Climate Central.

The spot must be one of the most breathtaking on earth, looking south over the Ross ice shelf towards the pole and north to the sweeping ocean icebergs.

"We are on the edge of one of the most significant moments in environmental history as sea ice heads towards a new record low.