icebound
ice·bound [ ˈīs-ˌbau̇nd]
: surrounded, obstructed, or covered by ice
Recent Examples on the Web
//THE ARCTIC CIRCLE — More than a century has passed since the first successful transit of the treacherous, icebound Northwest Passage by Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen in 1906.
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Frank Jordans, The Seattle Times, "Global warming melts ice, alters fabled Northwest Passage," 18 July 2017
//Sometimes an icebound ship thawed out unharmed, leaving its crew merely thinner, colder, and crazier come springtime.
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Kathryn Schulz, The New Yorker, "Literature’s Arctic Obsession," 24 Apr. 2017
//The presence of Mr. Kerry, the highest-ranking United States government official ever to visit Antarctica, lifted the morale of scientists working to understand the icebound continent.
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Justin Gillis, New York Times, "John Kerry’s Antarctica Visit Highlights a Continent, and Climate Policies, Under Threat," 15 Nov. 2016
First Known Use of icebound
circa 1637, in the meaning defined above
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