How to use icebergs in a sentence

Looking for sentences and phrases with the word icebergs? Here are some examples.

Sentence Examples The icebergs came in every category of shape and featured many natural parodies of architectural styles from caveman days to now. The wandering albatross, king penguins, hundreds of pelagic birds, sea lions, and icebergs will be there, too. She was still scarred after her encounters with icebergs so proper repairs to her jury-rigged jib boom were a top priority. It has shelves that calve big icebergs all the time, and we've tracked a lot of bergs from there. Ominously, the calving of monstrous Antarctic icebergs is becoming a regular occurrence. Arctic icebergs tend to calve from fast-moving glaciers and, therefore, tend to look like small mountains bobbing in the sea. Glaciers can move and calving can occur, causing huge icebergs to break away and wreak havoc. Estimates are that as many as 200 such icebergs have calved during the past 10,000 years. At night, you'll listen to the crack of icebergs calving, reminding you that, while Antarctica might not be far away, everything else is. We offer the natural wonders of whales, icebergs and seabirds framed by dramatic seascape, landscape and unique culture. Stones dropped from melting Canadian icebergs have been found in sea sediments off the coast of Portugal. Deserts were crossed, mountains were scaled, forests were traversed, icebergs were negotiated. The distribution of icebergs did not seem to fit the radar picture very closely, but that slipped from everybody's mind. This image shows icebergs and brash ice along the shore of western Greenland. In winter the island is buffeted by arctic winds, and in early summer the north coast is battered by icebergs floating down from Greenland. One can go further south from here but we would need heated long johns to keep us warm, and we've seen enough icebergs for the time being. The environment in the Antarctic is magnificent with glaciers, icebergs and ice floes on a scale which is awe-inspiring. Great floes jostled against each other piling up to form miniature icebergs. Forget the advancing melt rate of Antarctic icebergs and world wide glacier retreat. Water lapped at the edge of the ice-sheets, small icebergs floating off and melting in the warmer waters. Show More Sentences It commanded wide sweeping views of the oily blue Ross Sea with its huge floating icebergs. Dice warned in a voice that sounded like the grating together of icebergs in a glacier. Sea ice is frozen salt water, and when natural forces break it into pieces, the larger ones are called not icebergs but ice floes. Friends in London envisage glaciers and icebergs up here near the Arctic Circle. An Antarctic ice shelf has collapsed and broken up into thousands of icebergs. As the glacier reaches the lake, icebergs break off and slowly drift out to the sea. Sun shines on them like white gold and in the shade they become iridescent blue, eerie like glaciers or icebergs. Against a painted Antarctic backdrop of glaciers, icebergs and floes, groups of stately Emperor penguins pose like actors at curtain call. Like a ghost ship, the curragh floats onward, into the maze of icebergs off the east coast of Greenland. Dozens of icebergs, each a few feet high, float lazily, their whiteness turning to a glacial blue in the depths. In the spring and early summer, the additional hazard of icebergs and growlers were often a distinct possibility. In the icebergs and the blue heart of the glacier, Muldrow glimpses cold inhuman embodiments of the natural world that promise another reality. The oil drillers are worried about icebergs crashing into their platforms or sinking their tankers. The competitors will sail west to east, through the doldrums, round three capes, and will have to dodge icebergs in the gale-ridden Southern Ocean. Every day the ship carefully navigated through the channels of blue icebergs, some as large as aircraft carriers, some smaller chunks of the most magnificently formed shapes. Belhadan's location as the northernmost ice-free port of the Empire helped explain its importance, but it wasn't so far south that drift ice or icebergs were unheard of. Antarctic icebergs are different from Arctic icebergs in some ways. During her remarkable, epic voyage, Richards, who started sailing as as child in Helensburgh, had to overcome hurricanes, icebergs and soul-destroying solitude. Yes, this ice shelf has broken up into a mosaic of smaller icebergs. Another penguin species, the Adelies, were cut off from their breeding grounds by unusually large icebergs, calved from the continental ice shelf. Show More Sentences In the Northern Hemisphere, because of the thickness of glacial ice and the way it calves, most icebergs are of the more dramatically shaped kinds. After we finished the sled tow, we slalomed our way around the central Bransfield Basin dodging icebergs, bergy bits, brash ice and some healthy pack ice. The lake invades the glacier's deep chasms and crevasses, detonating thunderous explosions as great shards of ice detach and re-emerge as icebergs. Mountains and icebergs, snowflakes and clouds, are delights to me. In March 1999, two massive icebergs broke away from the Ross Ice Shelf. In the 1980's, government's touted HIV as near enough a death sentence and in Britain issued public health warnings on television showing icebergs crashing into the sea. Shrinking sea ice is significantly increasing the rate at which icebergs scour the Antarctic seabed, taking away large swathes of marine organisms in the process. There were icebergs aplenty, however, as well as strange cloud formations. Whatever the phenomenon's cause, he says, scientists should now recognize that icebergs can be a source of noise for seismometers and underwater acoustic sensors. Conditions will range from the calms and energy-sapping heat of the northern hemisphere to the icebergs, storms and monumental seas of the southern oceans. Like icebergs, growlers are a major hazard to seagoing craft. Meanwhile, at Ross Island in Antarctica, Adelie penguins are struggling to feed themselves as melting sea ice breaks away into giant icebergs. A satellite picture shows newly-created flat-topped icebergs floating in the sea on the western side of the Antarctic peninsula. Because the calving icebergs vary in size, shape, and symmetry, the coast of Antarctica will remain a giant ice sculpture for quite some time. Sale provides an overview of the Arctic's seismic and volcanic activity, rock types, snow, ice flows, icebergs, and glacial landforms. Shallow water-dwelling creatures such as giant sea spiders, sea urchins, and corals face new risks as icebergs tear up the ocean floor. Late in 2005, oceanographers conducted separate biological surveys near two large icebergs in the South Atlantic. Cryokinetics are especially helpful around avalanches and icebergs. They are also immune to frostbite. Barentsz reached the west coast of Novaya Zemlya and followed it northward, before being forced to turn back in the face of large icebergs. In addition to size classification, icebergs can be classified on the basis of their shape. Show More Sentences In the 20th century, several scientific bodies were established to study and monitor the icebergs. The April 1912 sinking of the Titanic however changed all that, and created the demand for a system to observe icebergs. In 1945, experiments tested the effectiveness of radar in detecting icebergs. Other approaches have been suggested over time, including cooling the water under a tropical cyclone by towing icebergs into the tropical oceans. These shelves then melt or calve off to give icebergs that eventually melt. In 1766, another expedition noticed that the glacier reached the lagoon and calved into large icebergs. He stayed there for several months with his team before icebergs forced them to return to Portugal. Although the ice limit dips south around the horn, icebergs are a significant hazard for vessels in the area. Barentsz reached the west coast of Novaya Zemlya, and followed it northward before being forced to turn back in the face of large icebergs. They usually remain free of pack ice in winter, though thin ice may form in sheltered bays, and icebergs are common. The powder on the floor defines the surface of the floor and the objects appear to be partially submerged, like icebergs. Polar bears occasionally visit the island, travelling on icebergs from Greenland. It also occurs in nature as snow, glaciers, ice packs and icebergs, clouds, fog, dew, aquifers, and atmospheric humidity. These icebergs pose a hazard to ships, of which the Titanic is one of the most famous. A few icebergs were sighted but there was still no sight of land, leading Weddell to theorize that the sea continued as far as the South Pole. The cold East Greenland Current passes through the strait and carries icebergs south into the North Atlantic. These currents carry numerous icebergs and therefore hinder navigation and exploration of the gas fields beneath the sea bed. Sea ice may be contrasted with icebergs, which are chunks of ice shelves or glaciers that calve into the ocean. The largest icebergs recorded have been calved, or broken off, from the Ross Ice Shelf of Antarctica. Barentsz reached Novaya Zemlya and, to avoid becoming entrapped in ice, headed for the Vaigatch Strait but became stuck within the icebergs and floes. Show More Sentences The icebergs that form each year around in the Southern Ocean hold enough fresh water to meet the needs of every person on Earth for several months. February 1874 was spent travelling south and then generally eastwards in the vicinity of the Antarctic Circle, with sightings of icebergs, pack ice and whales. Anxious to avoid becoming entrapped in the surrounding ice, he intended to head for the Vaigatch Strait, but became stuck within the many icebergs and floes. Like NunatuKavut, the straits is also known for its Labrador sea grass and the multitude of icebergs that pass by the coast via the Labrador Current. As the ice reaches the sea, pieces break off, or calve, forming icebergs. In November 1913, the International Conference on the Safety of Life at Sea met in London to devise a more permanent system of observing icebergs. Icebergs occasionally break away from northern Ellesmere Island, and icebergs are formed from glaciers in western Greenland and extreme northeastern Canada. The sea was dangerous because of icebergs calving off the nearby glacier. Depending on location, sea ice expanses may also incorporate icebergs. Examples from Classical Literature Great fields of ice and huge icebergs cover the sea in all directions and in winter extend far beyond the Antarctic Circle. Consequently his mind was in a whirl of icebergs, Maupassant, and trichinosis. The blast smelt of icebergs, arctic seas, whales, and white bears, carrying the snow so that it licked the land but did not deepen on it. The icebergs had weighed anchor, and were sailing out into the open sea. Here, however, the acclaimed thespian shakes off the shackles of Middle Earth, icebergs and bricklaying, and tries his hand at satirical comedy. It is the drifting icebergs setting with any current anywhere, that wreck the ships. When icebergs are undermined at their base by warmer water or reiterated shocks their centre of gravity rises, and the whole thing turns over. Detonations and falls were heard on all sides, great overthrows of icebergs, which altered the whole landscape like a diorama. A chill south wind bites at my marrow, while far below me I can see the tropic foliage of Caspak on the one hand and huge icebergs from the near Antarctic upon the other. It's a first-of-its-kind trackless ride which spins you through icy caverns, snowcaps, icebergs and howling winds, following the adventures of Puck, a newborn penguin. Find more words! Another word for Opposite of Meaning of Rhymes with Sentences with Find word forms Translate from English Translate to English Words With Friends Scrabble Crossword / Codeword Words starting with Words ending with Words containing exactly Words containing letters Pronounce Find conjugations Find names From Afrikaans From Albanian From Amharic From Arabic From Armenian From Azerbaijani From Basque From Belarusian From Bengali From Bosnian From Bulgarian From Catalan From Cebuano From Chichewa From Chinese From Corsican From Croatian From Czech From Danish From Dutch From Esperanto From Estonian From Farsi From Filipino From Finnish From French From Frisian From Galician From Georgian From German From Greek From Gujarati From Haitian Creole From Hausa From Hebrew From Hindi From Hmong From Hungarian From Icelandic From Igbo From Indonesian From Irish From Italian From Japanese From Javanese From Kannada From Kazakh From Khmer From Korean From Kurdish From Kyrgyz From Lao From Latin From Latvian From Lithuanian From Luxembourgish From Macedonian From Malagasy From Malay From Malayalam From Maltese From Maori From Marathi From Mongolian From Burmese From Nepali From Norwegian From Polish From Portuguese From Punjabi From Romanian From Russian From Samoan From Scots Gaelic From Serbian From Sesotho From Shona From Sinhala From Slovak From Slovenian From Somali From Spanish From Sundanese From Swahili From Swedish From Tajik From Tamil From Telugu From Thai From Turkish From Ukrainian From Urdu From Uzbek From Vietnamese From Welsh From Xhosa From Yiddish From Yoruba From Zulu To Afrikaans To Albanian To Amharic To Arabic To Armenian To Azerbaijani To Basque To Belarusian To Bengali To Bosnian To Bulgarian To Catalan To Cebuano To Chichewa To Chinese To Corsican To Croatian To Czech To Danish To Dutch To Esperanto To Estonian To Farsi To Filipino To Finnish To French To Frisian To Galician To Georgian To German To Greek To Gujarati To Haitian Creole To Hausa To Hebrew To Hindi To Hmong To Hungarian To Icelandic To Igbo To Indonesian To Irish To Italian To Japanese To Javanese To Kannada To Kazakh To Khmer To Korean To Kurdish To Kyrgyz To Lao To Latin To Latvian To Lithuanian To Luxembourgish To Macedonian To Malagasy To Malay To Malayalam To Maltese To Maori To Marathi To Mongolian To Burmese To Nepali To Norwegian To Polish To Portuguese To Punjabi To Romanian To Russian To Samoan To Scots Gaelic To Serbian To Sesotho To Shona To Sinhala To Slovak To Slovenian To Somali To Spanish To Sundanese To Swahili To Swedish To Tajik To Tamil To Telugu To Thai To Turkish To Ukrainian To Urdu To Uzbek To Vietnamese To Welsh To Xhosa To Yiddish To Yoruba To Zulu English French Afrikaans Word Albanian Word Arabic Word Bengali Word Chinese Word Croatian Word Czech Word Danish Word Dutch Word English Word Finnish Word French Word German Word Greek Word Hindi Word Hungarian Word Icelandic Word Indonesian Word Italian Word Japanese Word Korean Word Latin Word Malay Word Malayalam Word Marathi Word Nepali Word Norwegian Word Polish Word Portuguese Word Romanian Word Russian Word Serbian Word Slovak Word Spanish Word Swahili Word Swedish Word Tamil Word Telugu Word Thai Word Turkish Word Ukrainian Word Uzbek Word Vietnamese Word Welsh Word All words 2-letter words 3-letter words 4-letter words 5-letter words 6-letter words 7-letter words 8-letter words 9-letter words 10-letter words 11-letter words 12-letter words 13-letter words 14-letter words Plural of Singular of Past tense of Present tense of Verb for Adjective for Adverb for Noun for Meaning of name Origin of name Names meaning Names starting with Names of origin icebergs Use * for blank tiles (max 2) Advanced Search Advanced Search Use * for blank spaces Advanced Search Advanced Word Finder See Also What is another word for icebergs? Words that rhyme with icebergs What is the adjective for icebergs? What is the noun for icebergs? Use our Sentence Generator Nearby Words iceberg ice age ICE Ice ice ICD iceblock iceboat icebound icebox iceboxes icebreaker 8-letter Words Starting With i ic ice iceb icebe iceber iceberg