1.   Thick ice was preventing the ship from moving.

2.   Attacking the thick ice mounds embedded in the cloths, Guillen probed the blankets with a soldering iron, hissing the ice into vapor puffs.

3.   But beneath the thick ice there is life.

4.   But the thick ice was no match for the latest in ice-boring gear.

5.   Hospital emergency rooms are jammed with people suffering from broken bones after falling on the thick ice that still covers sidewalks and most streets.

6.   The Arctic has long been recognized as unique and scientifically intriguing because of its thick ice.

7.   The thick ice that has for ages covered the Arctic Ocean at the pole has turned to water, recent visitors there reported Friday.

8.   Thick ice will cling to trees and power lines in some areas.

9.   Thick ice along the edge of the Dead Diamond made getting water from the river impossible.

10.   Police declined to search that stream after weather reports showed that it had been covered by thick ice on the night of the killing.