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ice field
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ice field
1. a very large flat expanse of ice floating in the sea; large ice floe
2. a large mass of ice permanently covering an extensive area of land

ice field [′īs ‚fēld]
(hydrology)
A mass of land ice resting on a mountain region and covering all but the highest peaks.
(oceanography)
A flat sheet of sea ice that is more than 5 miles (8 kilometers) across.


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But for me, the whole trip across Vancouver and The Rockies was completely MUST SEE StopoffattheColumbia Icefield, half way between Banff and Jasper on the Icefields Parkway highway for a once-in-a-lifetime.
If the Columbia Icefield melts before we get there, can we do a different excursion?
He says "we are heading to an abyss" and not moving fast enough to stop an acceleration in the melting of vast icefields in Greenland and Antartica.
 
 
 
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