Long, narrow sheet of ice projecting from a coastline.
1All this time he'd heard the distant booming and grinding of this massive ice tongue.
2Coastal glaciers like this floating ice tongue tend to block the ice flow headed for the sea.
3Several more technical aid moves, and after two hours nerve-grinding climbing Mugs reached an ice tongue that led to easier ground.
4Massom said the shearing off of the ice tongue and the presence of the Mertz and B-9B icebergs could affect global ocean circulation.
5It also meant crossing the Drygalski Ice Tongue, an obstacle which bulked very formidably in their imaginations during the winter.
6The edges of these ice tongues are often as abrupt as if sliced away with a knife (Fig.
7As the ice tongues receded, the streams gradually dried; only the larger ones, fed far back in the range, are left to-day.
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