ice-plain

Though Gaston did not say it to himself, these were the hours when he really was with the old life -- lived it again -- prairie, savannah, ice-plain, alkali desert.

The Trespasser, Complete Gilbert Parker 1897

Though Gaston did not say it to himself, these were the hours when he really was with the old life -- lived it again -- prairie, savannah, ice-plain, alkali desert.

The Trespasser, Volume 2 Gilbert Parker 1897

Though Gaston did not say it to himself, these were the hours when he really was with the old life -- lived it again -- prairie, savannah, ice-plain, alkali desert.

The Project Gutenberg Complete Works of Gilbert Parker Gilbert Parker 1897

As the party crossed an ice-plain, whose surface was thickly strewn with the wreck of mountains, a sense of insecurity crept into the feelings of more than one member of it but not a word was said until a sudden and tremendous crash, followed by a continuous roar, was heard close at hand.

Rivers of Ice 1859

Next morning the ice-plain was crossed at a swinging gallop.

The Giant of the North Pokings Round the Pole 1859

Descending by a more circuitous route, they soon rejoined the Captain's party, and then, as the night was far advanced, they encamped on the edge of the ice-plain, on a part that was bathed in the beams of the ever-circling sun.

The Giant of the North Pokings Round the Pole 1859

On the ice-plain, which was apparently illimitable to the right and left, were hundreds of pools of water in which the icebergs, the golden clouds, the sun, and the blue sky were reflected, and on the surface of which myriads of Arctic wild-fowl were sporting about, making the air vocal with their plaintive cries, and ruffling the glassy surfaces of the lakes with their dipping wings.

The Giant of the North Pokings Round the Pole 1859