10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SASTRUGA»
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sastruga in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
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They know by experience at what angle they must cross the greater and the
lesser waves of snow in order to arrive at their destination, and they never fail. It
often happens that the true permanent sastruga has been obliterated by another
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The Antarctic Dictionary: A Complete Guide to Antarctic English
Sastrugi imnsi and attrib.. normally occurs in tltis form as pi though sastrugis isee
1 993 quotationl is known, Sing. sometimes sastruga. sastrugos. sastrugus /
Sastrugi is recorded in Canadian English from 185I . 1 Ridges of snow ibecoming
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She didn't need assistance in saddling Sastruga for she had learned the trick
when she took riding lessons back in Connecticut. One last tug on the cinch belt
and she bounded into the saddle, turned the horse towards the open gate and ...
Mary Katherine Arensberg, 2009
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The Woman who Lived in a Tree: And Other Perfect Strangers
When the next one appeared I slewed out, over-steered, spun the wheel back
frantically, dived over the sastruga, then over-steered again. The Cat was side-
sliding like a 4x4 in mud. I got it back on the track and glanced at Gary. 'Bit of an ...
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Ice: The Antarctic Diary of Charles F. Passel
The going was pretty bad as the wind had picked up and the sastruga was fairly
rough, making it hard to walk. Dick's flashlight went out, the batteries froze up.
Once we thought that we saw fresh tracks but decided that they were made by ...
Charles F. Passel, T. H. Baughman, 1995
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Narrative of an Expedition to the Polar Sea, in the Years ...
It often happens that the true, permanent sastruga has been covered by another
produced by temporary winds ; but the traveller is not to be deceived thereby ; his
.practised eye detects the change, and, carefully removing the recently-drifted ...
Ferdinand Petrovich baron Wrangel, Sir Edward Sabine, 1861
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Narrative of an expedition to the polar sea, in 1820, ...
It often happens that the true permanent sastruga has been obliterated by
another produced by temporary winds, but the traveller is not deceived thereby,
his practised eye detects the change, he carefully removes the recently drifted
snow, ...
Ferdinand Petrovich Vrangel', Georg Engelhardt, Edward Sabine (sir), 1840
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Narrative of an expedition to the polar sea, in the years ...
It often happens that the true, permanent sastruga has been covered by another
produced by temporary winds ; but the traveller is not to be deceived thereby ; his
practised eye detects the change, and, carefully removing the recently-drifted ...
Ferdinand Petrovich Wrangel (baron), 1845
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2012 CALENDARS - 365 NEW WORDS A YEAR
“Sastruga” was borrowed from German but is not Germanic in origin. lt's originally
from zastiiiga, a word that comes from a dialect of Russian and means “groove,” “
small ridge,” or “furrow.” “Sastruga” is not widely used in English, and when it is ...
8 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SASTRUGA»
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sastruga is used in the context of the following news items.
UNCOMMON GROUND: A Word-Lover's Guide to the British …
Beyond the obvious; the glens, copses and dells, are the thundereggs, sastruga and tombolo. Verglas is the thin varnish of ice formed when water flows over ... «Geographical, Apr 15»
Los sastrugis: dunas de nieve
La palabra fue importada del ruso y se utiliza generalmente en plural; el singular es «sastruga» o «zastruga». Otro singular análogo de tipo latino, «sastrugus», ... «Tiempo En Línea, Apr 15»
Warning: Sastrugi Crossing
When Stautzebach encountered that first sastruga, she nearly cartwheeled over it. Her response was to laugh. "I'm sitting in the snow after falling down, thinking ... «ScienceCareers.org, Jul 14»
Now there really is no mountain unclimbed
His footprints blur into boreal muskeg, trail off over Arctic sastruga, wash away over cascading falls. They corkscrew from a scree base out of view on the last ... «Juneau Empire, Mar 14»
Writer Ian Brown and photojournalist Peter Power learn that the High …
The komatiks catch air off every single rock-knob, tussock and sastruga … and hammer down on the frozen, back-breaking, head-pounding, eye-blurring brick of ... «The Globe and Mail, Jan 14»
Deep Powder Tracks
Sastruga, a Russian word for the windswept snowscapes on the taiga also occurs along the Continental Divide here in our amazing backyard. All manner of ... «cozine, Jan 14»
Finisterre Gets Insulated For Winter
... men's and women's versions, a hooded jacket, again in two versions, called the Sastruga and last but not least, a longer-cut women's coat called the Pipistral. «OUTDOORSmagic, Aug 11»
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Men's Sastruga | Bombproof Protection – A serious piece of kit built for those harsh, unforgiving, icy environments. This lightweight insulated jacket provides ... «Drift | Perspective in surfing, Nov 10»
