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"We think it means there will be war," the ice-face said.
The Gates of Thorbardin Parkinson, Dan 1990
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"We think it means there will be war," the ice-face said.
The Gates of Thorbardin Parkinson, Dan 1990
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"We think it means there will be war," the ice-face said.
The Gates of Thorbardin Parkinson, Dan 1990
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Each summer the ice-face above the rocks at Winter Quarters thawed back
The Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 Douglas Mawson 1920
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Finally, the rock-powder or "rock-flour," as it is termed, and the boulders, thenceforth known as "erratics," arrive at the terminal ice-face.
The Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 Douglas Mawson 1920
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[Page 54] ice-face of the barrier; and in order that nothing should be missed it was arranged that the ship should continue to skirt close to the ice-cliff, that the officers of the watch should repeatedly observe and record its height, and that three times in the twenty-four hours the ship should be stopped and a sounding taken.
The Voyages of Captain Scott : Retold from the Voyage of the Discovery and Scott's Last Expedition Charles Turley 1904
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"During the morning Browning and I examined the ice-face forming the eastern face of the bight.
The Worst Journey in the World Antarctic 1910-1913 Apsley Cherry-Garrard 1922
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