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floe
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floe [flō]
(oceanography)
A piece of floating sea ice other than fast ice or glacier ice; may consist of a single fragment or of many consolidated fragments, but is larger than an ice cake and smaller than an ice field. Also known as ice floe.
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Across their 450-kilometre (290 mile) route, the average thickness of the ice floes was 1.
Arctic ice cap to disappear in 20-30 years: study by AFP / AFP Global Edition
That is why I am supporting PETA's boycott of Canadian maple syrup until the Canadian government agrees to ban the slaughter of seals on the ice floes, the largest massacre of marine mammals on Earth, forever.
Brigitte Bardot urges Canada syrup boycott over seal hunt by AFP / AFP American Edition
Byline: R Clarke EVERY spring, thousands of baby harp seals are brutally killed in a 90-day bloodbath on the ice floes off Canada's east coast, encouraged by the Canadian government.
Letter: Canada should pay for cruelty by Coventry Evening Telegraph (England)
 
 
 
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