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Ice Age

(Encyclopedia) Ice Age: see Pleistocene epoch.

Ice Age Haute Couture

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Fleming, Peggy

(Encyclopedia) Fleming, Peggy, 1948–, American ice skater, b. San Jose, Calif. She began skating at age 9, and after distinguished accomplishments as a juvenile and novice skater, she was U.S. Ladies…

Ice Age National Scenic Trail

(Encyclopedia) Ice Age National Scenic Trail: see National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table).

Henie, Sonja

(Encyclopedia) Henie, SonjaHenie, Sonjasōˈnyə hĕnˈē [key], 1912–69, Norwegian-American figure skater and movie actress, b. Oslo, Norway. She began ice skating at the age of eight and two years later…

Ragnarok

(Encyclopedia) RagnarokRagnarokrägˈnərŏkˌ [key], in Norse mythology, the doom of the gods. According to prophecy the end of the world would follow a severe ice age, in which human civilization would…

New Siberian Islands

(Encyclopedia) New Siberian Islands, Rus. Novosibirskiye Ostrova, archipelago, c.10,900 sq mi (28,200 sq km), N Siberian Russia, in the Arctic Ocean between the Laptev and East Siberian seas, part of…

ice

(Encyclopedia) ice: see water.

Ice-T

(Encyclopedia) Ice-T : see Rap music.

glacier

(Encyclopedia) glacier, moving mass of ice that survives year to year, formed by the compacting of snow into névé and then into granular ice and set in motion outward and downward by the force of…