pack ice

pack ice

n.

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

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pack ice

Noun

a large area of floating ice, consisting of pieces that have become massed together

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pack ice  (pk)

The floating sea-ice cover of the polar regions. Driven by winds and ocean currents, pack ice is a mixture of ice fragments of varying size and age that are squeezed together and cover the sea surface with little or no open water. At maximum expansion during the winter, pack ice covers about five percent of Arctic waters and about eight percent of Antarctic waters.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

pack ice - a large expanse of floating ice ice pack ice - the frozen part of a body of water

Translations

pack ice n → banco de hielo

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pack ice [ˈpækaɪs] n → banquise f

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pack ice [ˈpækaɪs] n → Packeis nt

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pack ice [ˈpækaɪs] n → banchisa