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Originally appearing in Volume V13, Page 888 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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HUMMOCK (of uncertain derivation; cf. hump or hillock)  , a
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boss or rounded knoll of
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ice rising above the
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general level of an ice-
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field, making sledge travelling in the
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Arctic and
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Antarctic region extremely difficult and unpleasant . Hummocky ice is caused by slow and unequal pressure in the
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main
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body of the packed ice, and by unequal structure and temperature at a later
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period .

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