Meaning of pack ice | Babel Free

Definitions

A large consolidated mass of floating sea ice.

uncountable, usually

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Examples

“Pack ice, at times mounting to a height of 35 ft., snow, fog, and floating mines all played their part in the disorganisation of railway services, and most of the train ferry services were completely suspended for a month or more; [...].”

“[…] the sea ices: pack ices, ice floes, ice rinds, ice hummocks ...; the coastal ices, fast ice, shore ices, glacial-ice, tongues, ice piedmonts; […]”

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