Retracing the way out of the broken ice, we steered in a south-westerly direction, just above the line of serac and crevassed ice. |
When a serac unexpectedly falls and instantly kills a climber, we are not fascinated, only touched by grief. |
Whether a stone underfoot gave way, or whether the Admiral's voice brought down a serac of rotten wall, is not clear. |
For us a serac is a big block or pinnacle of ice sticking up in the middle of the feature of a glacier called an icefall. |
The main rotor struck a serac about 100 metres away from the serac on which the actor was standing. |
For many hours a way was won through a mighty turmoil of serac and over innumerable crevasses with varied fortune. |