sustrugi
adj.— «Early in the season the ice is clean with no tonal shades, but as the summer progresses dust blowing over from the McMurdo Dry Valleys paints a subtle pattern the pilots call sustrugi.» —“Godzilla Ice” by Margaret Wertheim L.A. Weekly Mar. 11, 2005. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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