During the night there had been snow, and the river ice would be covered with it.

There is no bridge, but the river ice can be used by cars in the winter.

Some of it had gone through the river ice.

They kept him from measuring his length on the slippery river ice more than once.

It would be frozen over now, the chances were, but trusting river ice was no part of his plan.

Jake Grafton's gray eyes looked like river ice in winter.

She smiled, a smile thin as river ice in the north when the winter's freezing has not yet made it safe.

His mate lay, a stiffening gray thing upon the river ice.

Sixty feet long and built of rods, it had pierced the river ice, leaving an end on the bank.

Snow, however, can act as an insulator, preventing river ice from melting.

Up to 200 competitors pedal a course that travels on river ice and into the woods (www.icebiking.com).

From Mendel's window the river ice showed dark fractures.

"While not an immediate problem, these atypical river ice conditions will be closely monitored as winter continues."

The voice was harsh, the words grating one against the other like the broken edges of river ice as it broke up in the spring.

The river ice has been Space Base's quickest connecting route to us.

Mongolian legend tells of a giant taimen trapped in river ice.

This is done during the spring when snow is melting and river ice is breaking up.

Alaska is one of the few places left where a Government weatherman delivers television and radio forecasts; river ice reports for fishermen are standard.

"And below-normal temperatures have created extensive river ice which extends well into Virginia, a condition not observed for the past several years," he said.

The river ice is breaking up.

The floods were caused by river ice blocking the river downstream, creating a dam.

There is also an Anglican church that was destroyed in the 2008 Hay River ice breakup.

Another difficulty was the short work year - only March through November when tidal river ice would not tear loose the barge installation.

The smile instantly departed the nahkhahrah's countenance and his voice crackled coldly, like river ice.

The river continues to Jukkasjärvi, where the Ice hotel is built in winter from the river ice.