The wide river of ice had retreated more than half a mile, leaving a field of separated ice pinnacles melting into the rocky ground.

宽阔的冰河向后缩短了超过半英里，留下了岩床上几座正在消融的小冰峰。

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Truly a river of ice, Antarctica's relatively fast-moving Byrd Glacier courses through the Trans-Antarctic Mountains at a rate of 0.8 kilometers [0.5 miles] per year.

这是一条真正的冰河，伯德冰川以每年0.8公里（约0.5英里）的速度流过横贯南极山脉，是流动相对较快的冰川。

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It showed the ice-encrusted north face of Everest and, below it, the great river of ice known as the Main Rongbuk Glacier, flowing in a sweeping, S-shaped curve down a broad, stony valley.

照片显示珠峰北坡被冰雪所覆盖，在它下面“大绒布”冰河以大幅度弯曲的“S”型曲线穿过广阔并充满岩石的峡谷。

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Franklin Delano Roosevelt's uncle John was one of the founders of the Hudson River Ice Yacht Club in 1885, and his 48-foot Icicle is still on display in the Hudson River Maritime Museum in Kingston, N.

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By this time, Samara had drifted 50 or 60 yards farther down the river, still bobbing in and out of the ice-cold water.

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Hundreds of gigantic, intricate ice and snow sculptures line both sides of the banks of the frozen Songhua River, which cuts through Harbin.

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