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dead ice
n. Former glacier ice that is not longer connected to the active glacier, therefore not moving anymore and getting covered with sediments.
Usage examples of "dead ice".
Once moreafter so longshe found herself wandering the tundra, the lichen and moss crunching underfoot as a dry wind swept over her, smelling of dead ice.
Once more - after so long - she found herself wandering the tundra, the lichen and moss crunching underfoot as a dry wind swept over her, smelling of dead ice.
The ships had been traveling for centuries now, accelerating and decelerating, searching, refueling from dead ice moons.