snowfield
noun
snow·field
ˈsnō-ˌfēld 
: a broad level expanse of snow
especially
: a mass of perennial snow at the head of a glacier
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To get there, the Norwegian explorers navigated the interminable snowfields of interior Antarctica, trudging through the harshest climates on earth for 56 days.
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Brad Japhe, HollywoodReporter, 25 Oct. 2025
That afternoon, a helicopter inserted a team of rescuers onto a ridgeline above the snowfield.
—Owen Clarke, Outside, 12 Sep. 2025
Watch rescuers save snowboarder after 100-foot fall Emergency officials were airlifted to a mountain ridge above a snowfield to assist the man.
—Michelle Del Rey, USA Today, 12 Sep. 2025
At the top of the snowfield, the patient was raised an additional 50 feet over an eroding ridge.
—Rachel Raposas, PEOPLE, 11 Sep. 2025
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Brad Japhe, HollywoodReporter, 25 Oct. 2025
That afternoon, a helicopter inserted a team of rescuers onto a ridgeline above the snowfield.
—Owen Clarke, Outside, 12 Sep. 2025
Watch rescuers save snowboarder after 100-foot fall Emergency officials were airlifted to a mountain ridge above a snowfield to assist the man.
—Michelle Del Rey, USA Today, 12 Sep. 2025
At the top of the snowfield, the patient was raised an additional 50 feet over an eroding ridge.
—Rachel Raposas, PEOPLE, 11 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for snowfield
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“Snowfield.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/snowfield. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.
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