drift ice
Sea ice moving
Drift ice is sea ice that floats freely, carried by wind and currents rather than attached to shore.
Unlike fast ice, which remains fixed to coastlines, drift ice moves unpredictably and can pose hazards to ships: The vessel changed course to avoid drift ice.
Large accumulations form ice fields or pack ice.
Drifting sea ice
- growlerVessel for draft beer
- icefieldExtensive glacial coverage
- pressure ridgeBuckled ice formation
- leadDense metal, symbol Pb
Of extreme latitudes
- tundraFrigid treeless biome
- SvalbardNorwegian Arctic archipelago
- NunavutCanadian arctic territory
- GreenlandLargest island on Earth
Bering Sea · Northwest Passage · Antarctic · midnight sun · Aurora Borealis · permafrost · Inuit · icebreaker
Large white arctic mammal
- sealAuthentication stamp or mark
- walrusTusked Arctic marine mammal
- narwhalSpiral-tusked Arctic whale
- belugaWhite Arctic cetacean
arctic fox · krill · haul-out
Solid-to-liquid transition
- thawReturn to liquid
- sea level riseIncreasing ocean surface height
- global warmingRising planetary temperatures
- climate changePlanetary atmospheric transformation
Directed flow of charge
- tideOcean's cyclical swell
- wind-drivenMoved by air currents
- gyresRotating circular movements
- thermohalineDensity-driven ocean movement
buoyancy · salinity · convergence · divergence · rafting · ridging · shear · compaction
Forceful contact between objects
- TitanicIll-fated 1912 vessel
- shipping laneDesignated ocean travel path
- navigationDetermining position and course
- icebreakerTension-easing social activity
floe
Drifting sea ice
- growlerVessel for draft beer
- icefieldExtensive glacial coverage
- pressure ridgeBuckled ice formation
polar
Of extreme latitudes
Greenland · Bering Sea · Northwest Passage · Antarctic · midnight sun · Aurora Borealis · permafrost · Inuit · icebreaker · expedition
polar bear
Large white arctic mammal
beluga · arctic fox · krill · haul-out
melting
Solid-to-liquid transition
- thawReturn to liquid
- sea level riseIncreasing ocean surface height
- global warmingRising planetary temperatures
climate change · glacial retreat · albedo · feedback loop · thinning
current
Directed flow of charge
- tideOcean's cyclical swell
- wind-drivenMoved by air currents
- gyresRotating circular movements
thermohaline · buoyancy · salinity · convergence · divergence · rafting · ridging · shear · compaction · Coriolis effect
collision
Forceful contact between objects
- TitanicIll-fated 1912 vessel
- shipping laneDesignated ocean travel path
- navigationDetermining position and course
icebreaker · hull damage · beset · stranded · rescue · radar · lookout
- ArcticArctic Circle, Arctic Ocean, Arctic wildlife, Arctic exploration, Arctic research
- ice and snowicicle, glacier, hail, sleet, snowflake
- polar regionsAntarctica, polar bears, Arctic Ocean, glaciers, Arctic
- frozen landstundra, glacier, permafrost, snowfield, Arctic
- icefloe, skating rink, rink, polar cap, frozen lake
- glaciersglacier, crevasse, glacial movement, moraine, firn
drift iceopen water
Unobstructed body navigable freely
melt · thaw · clear water · sea water · liquid water
ice, drift, iced, iceberg, drifting, ice-cold, adrift, drifts, icehouse