resistere alla stretta dei ghiacci

12:10 Mar 20, 2020
Italian to English translations [Non-PRO]
Art/Literary - Geography / Book On Explorations And Discoveries
Italian term or phrase: resistere alla stretta dei ghiacci
Contesto:

Alla fine dell'Ottocento, un contributo notevole fu dato dal norvegese Fridtjof Nansen. Egli aveva constatato che sulle coste groenlandesi venivano talvolta ritrovati dei pezzi di legno di origine siberiana; ritenne perciò che le acque del Glacial Arctic Sea si spostassero dalle coste dell'Alaska e della Siberia verso la Greenland. Nansen progettò allora di lasciarsi trascinare dal movimento naturale della banchisa polare con una nave, costruita appositamente per resistere alla stretta dei ghiacci.

Grazie Mille,

Barbara
Barbara Cochran, MFA
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Summary of answers provided
4 +1... withstand prolonged pressure from ice.
Cedric Randolph
3to endure in the ice grip/clench/hold
Shabelula


  

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33 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
... withstand prolonged pressure from ice.


Explanation:
"designed to withstand prolonged pressure from ice".
I am quoting a Wikipedia article see the url below


    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nansen%27s_Fram_expedition
Cedric Randolph
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Asker: Thanks so much!


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agree  philgoddard: It means grip. http://dictionary.reverso.net/italian-english/stretta
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to endure in the ice grip/clench/hold


Explanation:
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Shabelula
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