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Wood engraving of the Fox icebound from M'Clintock's memoir of the expedition to find Franklin
One hundred sixty-eight years of searching, and the Terror has been found, the second of Franklin's ships, icebound in the hunt for a Northwest Passage with its crew of one hundred twenty-nine.
Within months, however, the ship became icebound. It drifted for two years before it was finally crushed, sending the crew off on foot.
When our director emailed to remind us to reserve a slot, he said that you could get a lot done staring out at the icebound prairie.
On the failed Ziegler-Fiala polar expedition, the crew of the icebound ship America photographed it by moonlight on January 2, 1904, before it broke up and sank.
It is unthinkable that the game would be given the go-ahead nowadays, and even match referee Arthur Ellis - who would one day referee a European Cup fi-nal in addition to TV's It's A Knockout - initially insisted, after surveying the icebound pitch, that the game could not be played.
All three are no strangers to the Europeans though no one can forget the sprint finish in last year's championships on an icebound course in Samokov, Bulgaria when, in the race for the gold medal, Avery was just pipped on the line by GB teammate Gemma Steel with both athletes being accredited with the same time.
It is a century since Shackleton's famous expeditionary party was forced to abandon the ship Endurance after it became icebound, ending their hopes of reaching the South Pole.
The television presenter and comedian takes on an epic 800-mile journey halfway around the Arctic Circle deep in mid-winter, a spectacular but deadly time of year to see the unforgiving, icebound region.
Synopsis: "Icebound Empire: Industry and Politics on the Last Frontier, 1898-1938" by Elizabeth A.
After obeying orders, Jeannette became icebound in September 1879, still east of Wrangel Land.
"'Home Field Advantage' reveals how this national pastime adapted to Arctic conditions Archival photographs, art, artifacts, and memorabilia showcase the rich history of baseball in Anchorage and throughout the state, including how late 19th century icebound whalers spread ashes on sea ice to form baseball diamonds," Ringsmuth says.
They've had to wake even earlier than usual to warm up four-wheel-drive vehicles and make plans to transport icebound employees to work.
The answer isn't a Disney movie about young princesses in an icebound kingdom -- it's about frozen desserts in today's retail case, including ice cream, novelties, gelato, flavored ices, pies, cookies, cookie dough, and all kinds of other frozen dairy-based and nondairy desserts.
One year ago: Fifty-two passengers trapped for more than a week on an icebound Russian research ship in the Antarctic were rescued when a Chinese helicopter swooped in and plucked them from the ice a dozen at a time.