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Drift ice   /drɪft aɪs/   Listen
Drift ice

noun
1.
Masses of ice floating in the open sea.





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"Drift ice" Quotes from Famous Books



... The head, however, was sometimes greatly extended, so as to include several joints of the back-bone. At length the explorers found themselves among a complete labyrinth of islands, amidst which strong currents set in various directions, while fogs and drift ice made navigation perilous in the extreme. Successive masses assailed the Fury. At one time her anchor was dragged along with a grinding noise, two flukes being broken off. She was afterwards carried forward by a violent stream amid thick mist, while ...
— Notable Voyagers - From Columbus to Nordenskiold • W.H.G. Kingston and Henry Frith


Words linked to "Drift ice" :   ice


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