icy waters
Polar ocean currents
Icy waters are bodies of water at or near freezing temperature—arctic seas, glacial lakes, winter rivers.
The phrase emphasizes dangerous cold: The ship went down in icy waters off Newfoundland.
Survival time in icy waters is measured in minutes.
The term appears frequently in maritime disasters, rescue operations, and nature documentaries about polar regions.
- AntarcticaSouthernmost continental landmass
- Arctic OceanEarth's northernmost body of water
- polar bearLarge white arctic mammal
- narwhalsTusked Arctic whales
- whale watchingObserving ocean giants
freezing · below freezing · krill · Bering Sea · North Sea · shipping lanes · frost · subzero · survival gear · hypothermic · cold shock · Siberia · Greenland · frigid · walruses · polar expeditions · glacial · cold plunge
- AntarcticaSouth Pole, Amundsen, Scott, penguins, glaciology
icy watershot springs
Heated groundwater emerging naturally
warm waters · boiling water · scalding water · heated pools · steaming water
icy waterstropical waters
Seas near the equator
tropical oceans · tropical reefs · Hawaiian waters · Red Sea · Persian Gulf