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ICE BRIDGE [1 record]

Record 1 1996-01-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Glaciology
  • History of Technology
  • Water Transport
DEF

A bridge across a river, bay, etc., formed by the natural freezing of the water and used as a means of crossing from one shore to the other.

CONT

Ousland was keeping a steady pace toward the north. Then another sobering report: "Difficult ice conditions because of open water." ... He later told us he had found a narrow ice bridge across the lead....

French

Domaine(s)
  • Glaciologie
  • Histoire des techniques
  • Transport par eau
DEF

surface glacée d'une rivière, d'un fleuve, d'un lac, s'étendant d'une rive à l'autre et sur laquelle on franchit cette étendue comme sur un pont [...]

CONT

Il existe des ponts de glace dans le Saint-Laurent, entre l'île d'Orléans et la côte nord de Beauport à Chateau-Richer, entre l'île Verte et la côte sud, entre l'île Saint-Barnabé et Rimouski, qui durent de un à trois mois par année. Les riverains les empruntaient autrefois pour traverser aux îles ou venir sur la terre ferme.

Spanish

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