pack ice

Floating ice that has been driven together into a single mass.

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pack ice

(Physical Geography) a large area of floating ice, usually occurring in polar seas, consisting of separate pieces that have become massed together. Also called: ice pack

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pack′ ice`

a large area of floating marine ice whose pieces are driven together by wind, current, etc. Also called ice pack.

[1840–50]

pack ice

(păk)

Oceanography

A large area of floating ice consisting of a mixture of ice fragments packed or squeezed together.

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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Noun

pack ice - a large expanse of floating ice

ice pack

ice - the frozen part of a body of water

Translations

Packeis

banchisa

pack ice

n → banchisa, pack m inv

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After two years of intensive training and preparation, Sheikha Asma left the heat of the Qatari desert to ski 80km across the moving pack ice of the Arctic Ocean, facing freezing temperatures, open leads of water in the sea ice and the constant threat of polar bears.

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From there they flew to the floating ice station known as 'Barneo' and started their ski journey across the Arctic pack ice.

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The 11-member Euro-Arabian Polar Expedition, also including Lamees Nijem (Kuwait), Mariam Hamidaddin (Saudi Arabia) and Asma Al-Thani (Qatar), reached the North Pole after travelling over 80km on the moving pack ice of the Arctic Ocean.

Oman's Anisa Al Raissi successfully treks to North Pole

This beautifully-shot film follows a mother and her two cubs - one fearless brother and his slightly less confident sister - as they embark on the 400-mile journey to the seal-rich pack ice which PICK OF THE DAY snow bears BBC1, 6.30pm surrounds the north pole.

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THE first person to walk solo across the pack ice from Canada to the North Pole is planning to return - in a yacht.

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The project is a continuation of an Arctic Observing Network project to measure the penetration of solar radiation, temperature, and biological characteristics beneath first-year pack ice during ice-covered, melting, and open-water phases.

ITEEA member takes part in NSF-sponsored study in remote arctic environment

An international team of researchers set up 16 underwater microphones to eavesdrop on narwhal click vocalizations at 11 pack ice sites in Greenland's Baffin Bay in 2013.

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The eastern end of that strait was (and often still is) blocked year-round by pack ice moving slowly south from the permanent polar ice cap.

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