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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 See also:boss or rounded knoll of See also:ice rising above the See also:general level of an ice-See also:field, making sledge travelling in the See also:Arctic and See also:Antarctic region extremely difficult and unpleasant. Hummocky ice is caused by slow and unequal pressure in the See also:main See also:body of the packed ice, and by unequal structure and temperature at a later See also:period.

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