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pack ice a large area of floating ice, usually occurring in polar seas, consisting of separate pieces that have become massed together pack ice [′pak ‚īs] (oceanography) Any area of sea ice, except fast ice, composed of a heterogeneous mixture of ice of varying ages and sizes, and formed by the packing together of pieces of floating ice. Also known as ice canopy; ice pack; pack. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| Plenty has been written about pack ice and floating, frozen expanses of ice; but few books provide much detail. The vessel consisted of forty-nine ox hides stitched together and stretched over a wooden frame, yet it was a seaworthy creation capable of withstanding storms and a puncture from pack ice during its voyage from Brandon Creek in Dingle to Newfoundland. Then, finally, they reach the pack ice, / a patchwork quilt of milk-white chunks / stitched together by seams of blue-black water. |
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