I want to see some sastrugi

Search: sastrugi

Why: In the Reader's Digest story "Journey to the South Pole":

The wind had sculpted snow and ice into formations called sastrugi, sometimes as tall as a man, sometimes as wide as a ship. Otherwise, there was nothing to see - just a vast, barren landscape.

Answer: The singular is sastruga from Russian zastruga, a "wind-formed furrow":

Source: Google Images

The More You Know: The story (which is not online for some reason) is about Todd Carmichael, who [spoiler alert] broke the world record for the fastest - and first American - solo trek from the west coast of the Southern Ocean of Antarctica to the Geographic South Pole. It took 39 days, 7 hours, and 40 minutes, and he lost 50 lbs. in the process.

All the pics in RD are drawings. Here is what Carmichael looks like for realsies:

You can watch some of his verification videos here on his website, Expedition Earth. He is now preparing to attempt the first solo self-contained crossing of the Death Valley wilderness.