fast shore ice

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• ice in lakes and rivers — Introduction       a sheet or stretch of ice forming on the surface of lakes and rivers when the temperature drops below freezing (0° C [32° F]). The nature of the ice formations may be as simple as a floating layer that gradually thickens, or it …   Universalium

• fast ice — noun : sea ice fastened to the shore * * * ice that is frozen to, grounded on, or attached to the bottom of an area covered by shallow water. Cf. ice foot. [1930 35] * * * fast ice, sea ice frozen securely to rocks along the shore. * * * n. ice… …   Useful english dictionary

• Fast ice — (land fast ice, landfast ice) is sea ice that has frozen along coasts ( fastened to them) along the shoals, or to the sea floor over shallow parts of the continental shelf, and extends out from land into sea. In Antarctic, fast ice may also… …   Wikipedia

• Ice pier — Historically, two supply ships, a freighter and a tanker, arrive at the ice pier each summer, after an icebreaker opens a ship channel through pack ice. The ice pier’s key function is to provide a platform for freight trucks to come alongside a… …   Wikipedia

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• Shore lead — NOAA Ship Surveyor in 1977. A shore lead (or coastal lead) is an oceanographic term for a waterway opening between pack ice and shore. While the gap of water[1] may be as narrow a …   Wikipedia

• ice hockey — a game played on ice between two teams of six skaters each, the object being to score goals by shooting a puck into the opponents cage using a stick with a wooden blade set at an obtuse angle to the shaft. [1880 85] * * * Game played on an ice… …   Universalium

• ice foot — noun 1. : a wall or belt of ice frozen to the shore in arctic regions having a base at or below the low water mark and formed as a result of the rise and fall of the tides, freezing spray, or stranded ice 2. : the ice at the front of a glacier *… …   Useful english dictionary

• ice foot — (in polar regions) a belt of ice frozen to the shore, formed chiefly as a result of the rise and fall of the tides. Cf. fast ice. [1850 55] * * * …   Universalium

• sea ice — Ice formed from frozen seawater in polar regions. Most sea ice occurs as pack ice, which drifts across the ocean surface; other types of sea ice include fast ice, which is attached to coasts and sometimes the seafloor or between grounded icebergs …   Universalium

• Arctic sea ice ecology — The Arctic sea ice covers approximately 7x106 km2 in the summer and twice that in the winter. The multi year sea ice reaches a thickness of 2–3m and covers nearly all of the central deep basins.The Arctic sea ice and its related biota are unique …   Wikipedia