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In 1953, the Army even built a pair of secret surveillance sites inside the ice sheet, both equipped with Air Force radar units looking 24/7 for Soviet missiles and aircraft, but also with weather stations to understand the Arctic climate system.—Paul Bierman, The Conversation, 17 Mar. 2025 The base itself was a study in the feasibility of long-term human habitation on the ice sheet.—Katie Hunt, CNN, 15 Mar. 2025 The horror starts in Antarctica, where a supervolcano erupts under the ice sheet.—Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 25 Feb. 2025 The claim: Video shows giant tree stump in Antarctica
A Feb. 17 video (direct link, archive link) posted on Threads shows a helicopter flying over an ice shelf and arriving at an area where dark cliff faces stick out of the ice sheet.—Kate S. Petersen, USA TODAY, 21 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for ice sheet
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