ice floe
Polar sea raft
An ice floe is a flat mass of floating sea ice, smaller than an ice field but large enough to stand on.
Ice floes drift with currents and wind, sometimes carrying polar bears or seals: The ship navigated carefully through the ice floes.
They range from a few meters to several kilometers across.
Vessel for draft beer
- leadDense metal, symbol Pb
- pressure ridgeBuckled ice formation
- glacierSlow-moving ice mass
- tundraFrigid treeless biome
permafrost · polar bear · arctic fox · seal · walrus · narwhal · beluga · Inuit
Directed flow of charge
- gyreCircular or spiral motion
- driftGradual movement, no direction
- movementChange in position
- floatingStaying atop liquid
buoyancy · wind-driven · ocean circulation · breakup · calving · collision · rafting · ridging
Authentication stamp or mark
- polar bearLarge white arctic mammal
- walrusTusked Arctic marine mammal
- penguinFlightless aquatic southern bird
- arctic ternLong-distance migratory seabird
krill · algae · plankton · hunting ground · food web · marine mammals · pupping · basking
Solidified by extreme cold
- frigidExtremely and intensely cold
- glacialOf frozen rivers
- icyFrozen or unfriendly
- subzeroBelow the freezing point
freezing · frost · chill · hypothermia · frostbite · bitter cold · wind chill · slush
Solid-to-liquid transition
- thawReturn to liquid
- breakupRomantic relationship's termination
- retreatSanctuary or withdrawal
- shrinkingDecreasing in dimension
global warming · climate change · sea level rise · feedback loop · temperature rise · satellite monitoring · thinning · fragmentation
growler
Vessel for draft beer
- leadDense metal, symbol Pb
- pressure ridgeBuckled ice formation
- glacierSlow-moving ice mass
tundra · permafrost · polar bear · arctic fox · seal · walrus · narwhal · beluga · Inuit · Svalbard
current
Directed flow of charge
floating · buoyancy · wind-driven · ocean circulation · breakup · calving · collision · rafting · ridging · lead
seal
Authentication stamp or mark
- polar bearLarge white arctic mammal
- walrusTusked Arctic marine mammal
- penguinFlightless aquatic southern bird
arctic tern · krill · algae · plankton · hunting ground · food web · marine mammals · pupping · basking · ecosystem
frozen
Solidified by extreme cold
subzero · freezing · frost · chill · hypothermia · frostbite · bitter cold · wind chill · slush · winter
melting
Solid-to-liquid transition
shrinking · global warming · climate change · sea level rise · feedback loop · temperature rise · satellite monitoring · thinning · fragmentation · polar vortex
- AlaskaFairbanks, Juneau, Denali, Sitka, Kodiak
- ArcticArctic Circle, Arctic Ocean, Arctic wildlife, Arctic exploration, Arctic research
- ice and snowglacier, hail, sleet, snowflake, frost
- polar regionsAntarctica, polar bears, Arctic Ocean, glaciers, Arctic
- animal habitatsforest, jungle, desert, ocean, rainforest
- Cold RegionsArctic, Antarctica, tundra regions, polar regions, Siberia
ice floelava flow
Moving volcanic discharge
molten lava · molten rock · magma · hot spring · fire
ice floeopen water
Unobstructed body navigable freely
steam · water vapor · liquid water · ocean · sea
ice floedesert sand
Grains in dry wastelands
sand dune · tropical reef · coral reef · desert · savanna
ice, freeze, iced, iceberg, icicle, ices, icicles, icebergs, floe