All 8 Uses
fjord
in
The Hunt for Red October
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- The Red October, a Typhoon-class sub, moved under her own power towards the main ship channel of the Kola Fjord.†
Chpt 1. *
- The water in the fjord was choppy, driven by the brisk wind.†
Chpt 1.
- The water was coated with the bilge oil of numberless ships, filth that would not evaporate in the low temperatures and that left a black ring on the rocky walls of the fjord as though from the bath of a slovenly giant.†
Chpt 1.
- Ramius surveyed the fjord through his binoculars.†
Chpt 1.
- Ramius looked aft at the bluffs of the Kola Fjord.†
Chpt 1.
- It probably came from one of the submarines based at Polyarnyy, on the other side of the fjord.†
Chpt 2.
- That's what I thought—except she headed west, and the exercise area is northeast of the fjord.†
Chpt 4.
- Also we just got some photos from a Big Bird pass over the fjord—for once it wasn't covered with clouds—and we have a bunch of surface ships with bright infrared signatures, like they're getting steam up.†
Chpt 5.
Definitions:
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(1)
(fjord) a long narrow inlet of the sea between steep cliffs; common in Norway
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)