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the plural form of sastruga, which is a wavelike ridge of hard snow formed by the wind

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  • They survived altitude sickness, enormous blisters, countless frozen snowdrifts, known as sastrugi, and blinding whiteouts. "
  • A mirage made the sastrugi appear to be dancing like some ice – goblins.
  • We ourselves followed after, until halted by our next enemy, the sastrugi.
  • The sastrugi were hard, very hard, and they became increasingly important.
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