Sentence examples for powerful ice from inspiring English sources

Unusually powerful ice storms in the Arctic push frigid air further south than usual, resulting in record low temperatures across large swaths of the country.

Environmentalists have long opposed drilling in Arctic waters, arguing that it cannot be done safely because of powerful ice floes, winds and long periods of darkness, and that it would disturb the habitats of many threatened species including polar bears.

Some suggested that Shell's inability to control its containment equipment in calm waters under predictable test conditions suggested that the company would not be able to effectively stop a sudden leak in treacherous Arctic waters, when powerful ice floes and gusty winds would complicate any spill response.

Moreover, a jump in the region's erosion rates about a million years ago coincides with a transition to more powerful ice ages a sign that climate change can have a larger than expected effect in tearing down mountains.

Weegee Smith, 57, a specialist in building custom field instruments, moved in next, operating a powerful ice-melter.

The Defence Ministry has yet to order the powerful ice-breaker promised in the 1980s after an American supertanker crashed uninvited through the Northwest Passage.

She was also mentioned last summer but only for comparison with the two more powerful nuclear ice breakers now apparently under construction.

Writer and journalist Jennifer Niven, in her account of the expedition, describes Karluk as "far from the powerful Arctic ice vessel many of the men had expected".

And the club itself was an early and powerful force in ice hockey and lacrosse.

Opponents argue that drilling in the Arctic would be reckless because long periods of darkness and powerful flows of ice would make a cleanup of any spill difficult if not impossible.

The powerful climate pollutant darkens ice and snow, speeding its warming.