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2381 | ice | The solid form of water. |
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2382 | iceberg | A large mass of floating or stranded ICE broken away from a GLACIER or from an ICE SHELF. Often of considerable HEIGHT (in any case more tha... more |
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2383 | ice blink | A typical whitish glare on low CLOUDS above an accumulation of distant ICE. It is especially glowing when observed on the HORIZON. |
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2384 | icebound | (adj.). Said of a HARBOUR, INLET, etc. when NAVIGATION by ships is prevented due to ICE, except possibly with the assistance of an icebreake... more |
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2385 | ice cake | A FLOE smaller than 10 m across. If less than 2 m, it is termed BRASH ICE or small ice cake. |
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2386 | ice cap | See ICE SHEET. |
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2387 | ice cluster | A concentration of SEA ICE covering hundreds of square kilometres, which is found in the same region every summer. |
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2388 | ice concentration | In SEA ICE reporting, the ratio of the areal extent of ICE present to the total areal extent of ICE and water. Concentration is usually repo... more |
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2389 | ice cover | See ICE CONCENTRATION. |
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2390 | ice edge | The BOUNDARY at any given time between the open sea and SEA ICE of any kind, whether drifting or fast. |
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2391 | ice field | Area of PACK ICE consisting of any size FLOES, which is greater than 10 km across. |
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2392 | ice floe | See FLOE. |
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2393 | ice fog | See FOG. |
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2394 | icefoot | A narrow strip of ICE attached to the COAST, unmoved by TIDES and remaining after the FAST ICE has broken free. |
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2395 | ice free | Water surface completely free of ICE. |
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2396 | ice front | The vertical CLIFF forming the seaward face of an ICE SHELF. See ICE WALL. |
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2397 | ice island | A form of tabular BERG found in the Arctic Ocean, with a thickness of 30 to 50 m and from a few thousand square metres to 500 sq. km in are... more |
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2398 | ice limit | The average position of the ICE EDGE in any given month or period based on OBSERVATIONS over a number of years. |
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2399 | ice piedmont | ICE covering a coastal strip of low-lying LAND backed by MOUNTAINS. The surface of an ice piedmont slopes gently seawards and may be anythin... more |
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2400 | ice rind | A thin, elastic, shining crust of ICE, formed by the freezing of SLUDGE on a quiet sea surface. Thickness less than 5 cm. |