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ice floe

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ice floe
a sheet of ice, of variable size, floating in the sea

ice floe [′īs ‚flō]
(oceanography)


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When the calf is old enough, mom will leave her baby on ice floes while she goes on short foraging trips.
In not-so-short order, he experiences a moment of passion, witnesses the ritual humiliation of a passenger, prepares for possible battle with an enemy French boat, falls in love with a young woman aboard a ship that passes in the night and nearly faces down doom with an errant ice floe.
As sea ice on the Arctic Ocean dwindles in the summer, it may be difficult for polar bears to find enough food, and some of the bears are drowning as the ice floes shrink.
 
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