snow-bridge

On leaving our tent we had first to cross a comparatively narrow snow-bridge, and then go along a ridge or saddle, raised by pressure, with wide open crevasses on both sides.

The South Pole~ Through the Mountains 2009

This was the photographer, who, in passing over this snow-bridge, struck his ski into it to try the strength of the support.

The South Pole~ Through the Mountains 2009

He had gone through the snow-bridge on which we were standing, but a lucky projection stopped our friend from going very far down, besides which he had taken a firm round turn with the rope round his wrist.

The South Pole~ The Eastern Sledge Journey 2009

One would think the dogs would be suspicious of a place like this; but they are not -- they plunge on till the snow-bridge breaks under them.

The South Pole~ The Eastern Sledge Journey 2009

On leaving our tent we had first to cross a comparatively narrow snow-bridge, and then go along a ridge or saddle, raised by pressure, with wide open crevasses on both sides.

The South Pole; an account of the Norwegian antarctic expedition in the 'Fram', 1910 to 1912 2003

He had gone through the snow-bridge on which we were standing, but a lucky projection stopped our friend from going very far down, besides which he had taken a firm round turn with the rope round his wrist.

The South Pole; an account of the Norwegian antarctic expedition in the 'Fram', 1910 to 1912 2003

This was the photographer, who, in passing over this snow-bridge, struck his ski into it to try the strength of the support.

The South Pole; an account of the Norwegian antarctic expedition in the 'Fram', 1910 to 1912 2003

One would think the dogs would be suspicious of a place like this; but they are not — they plunge on till the snow-bridge breaks under them.

The South Pole; an account of the Norwegian antarctic expedition in the 'Fram', 1910 to 1912 2003

Crossing the river on a big snow-bridge below the point where our old enemy came thundering down the mountain-side, we tramped gaily through mud and mire and over slippery rocks until we were gladdened by the sight of our camp, dripping away peacefully in the midst of the weeping forest.

A Holiday in the Happy Valley with Pen and Pencil T. R. Swinburne

I thought was a cairn, but found out just in time that it was a haycock or mound of ice formed by pressure: by its side was a large open crevasse, of which about fifty yards of snow-bridge had fallen in.

The Worst Journey in the World Antarctic 1910-1913 Apsley Cherry-Garrard 1922