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An early freeze had trapped them in an icebound lagoon four miles short of open water.
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Virginia Chamlee, PEOPLE, 30 Oct. 2025
The shore of the Seward Peninsula — where the nearest port was situated — was icebound.
—Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 6 Apr. 2025
Despite being icebound for nine months each year, Pituffik's airfield operates year-round.
—Hannah Parry, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Mar. 2025
But the dog would go on to prove his mettle when a severe diphtheria outbreak hit Nome in January 1925, and the city's port was icebound and hence inaccessible from the sea.
—Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 27 Apr. 2023
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Virginia Chamlee, PEOPLE, 30 Oct. 2025
The shore of the Seward Peninsula — where the nearest port was situated — was icebound.
—Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 6 Apr. 2025
Despite being icebound for nine months each year, Pituffik's airfield operates year-round.
—Hannah Parry, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Mar. 2025
But the dog would go on to prove his mettle when a severe diphtheria outbreak hit Nome in January 1925, and the city's port was icebound and hence inaccessible from the sea.
—Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 27 Apr. 2023
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“Icebound.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/icebound. Accessed 9 Jan. 2026.
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icebound
adjective
ice·bound
-ˌbau̇nd 
: surrounded or blocked by ice
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