First explored by the Northern Party of the British Antarctic Expedition, 1910 13, and so named by them because of large and extensive sastrugi that impeded the travel of this party in approaching the point.
12.
We have had to endure temperatures as cold as minus 15 C ( 5 F ), a screaming blizzard which forced us into the tent for a day, and sastrugi which have made our progress slower than expected,
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Traveling on the irregular surface of sastrugi can be very tiring, and can risk breaking equipment ripples and waves are often undercut and the surface is hard and unforgiving, with constant minor topographic changes between ridge and trough.
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On 30 November, the party reached the eastern limit of the glacier and began the ascent to the plateau beyond, only to find themselves confronted at the top by sastrugi so sharp-edged the dogs were useless.
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We have had to endure temperatures as cold as minus 15 degrees Celsius, a screaming blizzard which forced us into the tent for a day, and sastrugi ( snow ridges on the ice ) which have made our progress slower than expected,
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The word " sastrugi " ( hard ridges on deep snow ) is of Russian origin and its singular is " sastruga "; but the imagined Latin-type singular " sastrugus " has sometimes been used.
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The early progress of the expedition and its three, 396-pound ( 180-kilo ) sleds was hampered by ice formations called sastrugi, wavelike ridges and furrows chiseled out of the ice or snow by the abrasive action of ice crystals driven by wind.
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"' Cape Sastrugi "'( ) is a sharply projecting point on the west side of Deep Freeze Range, standing 1.5 nautical miles ( 2.8 km ) northwest of Snowy Point and overlooking the north portion of Nansen Ice Sheet, in Victoria Land.
