Most of the snow melted and then froze again, and the ground was covered in ice.
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For instance, sea ice is predicted to increasingly shrink as a result of climate change: the late-summer Arctic sea ice may vanish almost entirely by the middle of the century, triggering unprecedented maritime challenges, with an increase in shipping and oil and gas exploration in high-latitude waters previously covered in ice.
It's covered in sea ice a lot of the time and very few people live nearby, so it doesn't get too much attention except from hearty types like climate scientist Max Holmes.
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The Amazon is now said to begin in an ice-covered mountain in southern Peru called Mismi.
The amount of the Arctic covered by sea ice fell in late August to the lowest point since satellite observations began in 1979, the National Snow and Ice Data Center reported.
Standing at 4, 465m (14, 649ft) and covered in a treacherous carpet of snow and ice, Mont Maudit near Chamonix, is a challenge for the most intrepid climbers.
Once at the motor sports complex, journalists took turns testing all-wheel-drive XJs and smaller XFs, which also get the system as an option for 2013, by flinging them through various obstacle courses, every one of which was covered in several inches of snow with thick ice underneath.
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Compared to September conditions in the 1980s and 1990s, this represents a 45 percent reduction in the area of the Arctic covered by sea ice.
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Drivers in Pennsylvania were traversing ice- and snow-covered streets and highways.
One striking sequence shows Endurance buried up to her deck in ice, a tangle of rigging and splintered timbers, every surface thickly covered with hoar-frost.
Being so far north, much of region - some 146, 000 square km - is covered by glaciers and ice caps (a type of ice field where glaciers flow off in many directions).
One afternoon, with the Explorer docked in gorgeous Orne Harbor at the northern end of the Errera Chanel, with ice covered peaks and penguins all around, I unpacked my Tonx bag and started brewing.
The Kansas Department of Transportation reported that many highways in the central part of the state, including Interstate 70, were completely covered by snow and ice on Monday morning.
Mr and Mrs Miscellaneous (699 22nd Street, 415-970-0750), opened in 2010, lures sweet tooths with homemade ice-cream in flavours like its signature Ballpark, a mix of roasted peanuts, chocolate-covered pretzels and locally-brewed beer, Anchor Steam.
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