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145 words in ice/snow
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A
ablation
ah-BLAY-shun
accumulation zone
ah-KYOO-myoo-LAY-shun zohn
aglu
AH-gloo
albedo
al-BEE-doh
anchor ice
ANG-ker ICE
aniu
AH-nee-oo
aputi
ah-POO-tee
aufeis
OWF-ice
auniq
OW-nik
avalanche
AV-uh-lanch
åppås
AWP-pohs
B
bergschrund
BERG-shroond
bergy bits
BER-gee bits
bergy seltzer
BUR-gee SELT-sur
Beringia
beh-RIN-jee-uh
blin’ drift
BLIN drift
blubber
BLUB-er
boilerplate
BOY-lur-playt
breakup
BRAYK-up
buran
boo-RAHN
C
calving
KAV-ing
candle ice
KAN-dul eyes
ceavvi
CHEH-ah-vee
chadar
CHAH-dar
chinook
shin-OOK
cirque
SIRK
cold smoke
KOHLD SMOHK
corn
KORN
cornice
KOR-nis
corrie
KOR-ee
couloir
cool-WAHR
crevasse
kreh-VASS
crud
KRUD
cryosphere
CRY-oh-sfeer
cwm
KOOM
čearga
CHEH-ar-gah
D
death cookies
DETH KUUK-eez
dendritic
den-DRIT-ik
diamond dust
DYE-mund DUST
drift
DRIFT
drumlin
DRUM-lin
dust on crust
DUST on KRUST
E
epontic
eh-PON-tik
erratic
ih-RAT-ik
esker
ESS-ker
F
finger lake
FING-ger layk
finger-rafting
FING-er RAF-ting
firn
FEERN
fjord
FYORD
flaw lead
FLAW leed
floe
FLOH
frazil ice
FRAY-zil eyes
freeze-up
FREEZ-uhp
frost boil
FROST boyl
frost line
FRAWST lyne
frost smoke
FROST smohk
G
gida
GEE-dah
glacial polish
GLAY-shul PAHL-ish
glaister
GLAY-ster
graupel
GROW-pul
grease ice
GREESS eyes
guoldu
GWOL-doo
gyrfalcon
JER-fal-kun
H
hibernation
hy-ber-NAY-shun
hoar frost
HOR frost
hummock
HUM-uk
Hyperborea
hy-per-BOR-ee-uh
I
icefall
EYES-fawl
isostasy
eye-SOS-tah-see
isothermic
eye-so-THER-mik
ivu
EE-voo
J
jådåt
YAW-dawt
jökulhlaup
YUR-kul-loip
K
katabatic
kat-ah-BAT-ik
kettle
KET-uhl
L
lead
LEED
light pillar
LYTE PIL-er
loess
LUHS
M
matsaaruti
mat-SAH-roo-tee
moraine
moh-RAIN
moulin
moo-LAN
multiyear ice
MUL-tee-yeer eyes
muohta
MOO-oh-tah
N
nanuq
NAH-nook
narwhal
NAR-wul
needle ice
NEE-dul eyes
neve
NEH-vay
nilas
NY-lus
North Water
NORTH WAW-ter
nunatak
NUN-ah-tak
O
outwash
OWT-wahsh
P
pagophilic
pag-oh-FIL-ik
paleocrystic ice
pay-lee-oh-KRIS-tik
pancake ice
PAN-cake eyes
patterned ground
PAT-ernd grownd
penitentes
pen-ih-TEN-tays
permafrost
PER-mah-frost
pingo
PING-oh
piteraq
PEE-teh-rak
polynya
puh-LIN-yuh
powder
POW-der
pressure ridge
PRESH-er rij
pukak
POO-kahk
Q
qanik
KAH-nik
R
refugium
reh-FYOO-jee-um
rido
REE-doh
rime
RYME
rock flour
ROK flow-er
S
sastrugi
sah-STROO-gee
seaŋáš
SENG-ahsh
serac
seh-RACK
sidecountry
SYDE kuhn-tree
Sierra cement
see-EH-ruh suh-MENT
siguliaksraq
sig-oo-lee-AK-sraq
sintering
SIN-ter-ing
spindrift
SPIN-drift
stellar
STEL-er
subnivean
sub-NIV-ee-un
sun crust
SUHN krust
suncups
SUHN-kups
surmmit
SOOR-mit
T
tarn
TARN
thermokarst
THER-moh-karst
thundersnow
THUN-der-snoh
till
TILL
tree well
TREE wel
trimline
TRIM-lyne
U
ultima Thule
UL-tih-muh TOO-lee
utuqaq
oo-TOO-kahk
V
varve
VARV
velvet shank
VEL-vit SHANK
verglas
vehr-GLAH
vernalization
VER-nul-ih-ZAY-shun
W
walrus
WAWL-rus
water sky
WAH-ter sky
watermelon snow
WAW-ter-mel-un SNOH
whaleback
WAYL-bak
white-out
WYTE-owt
whumpf
WUMF
window frost
WIN-doh FRAWST
wolf moon
WUULF MOON
wolverine
WUUL-vuh-reen
Y
yedoma
yuh-DOH-muh
yukigeshiki
yoo-kee-geh-SHEE-kee
yukimi
yoo-KEE-mee