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Iceberg tongue A major accumulation of icebergs projecting from the coast, held in place by grounding and joined together by fast ice. GCW Glossary 2023.03.27
Ice blink White glare on the underside of low clouds indicating presence of ice which may be beyond the range of vision. GCW Glossary 2023.03.27
Ice blink A relatively bright region on the underside of clouds produced by the reflection of light by ice. This term is used in polar regions where it contributes to the sky map; ice blink is not as bright as snow blink, but is brighter than the reflection of light by land or water. GCW Glossary 2023.03.27
Ice blink White glare on the underside of clouds, indicating the presence of pack ice or an ice sheet which may be beyond the range of vision (cf. Water sky). GCW Glossary 2023.03.27
Ice blink A whitish glare on low clouds above an accumulation of distant ice. GCW Glossary 2023.03.27
Ice blink Sea ice terminology, describing a whitish glare on low clouds above an accumulation of distant ice. GCW Glossary 2023.03.27
Ice-boats No definition provided Christopher Rauch 2023.12.01
Ice-boats: Polo (on skates) No definition provided Christopher Rauch 2023.12.01
Ice body Any continuous mass of ice, possibly including snow and firn, at or beneath the Earth's surface. Glaciers, ice shelves, ice floes, icebergs, a continuous cover of sea ice, ice wedges in permafrost, an d accumulations of ice in caves are all examples of ice bodies. GCW Glossary 2023.03.27
Ice bonded permafrost Ice-bearing Permafrost in which the soil particles are cemented together by ice. GCW Glossary 2023.03.27
Ice bonded permafrost Ice-bearing permafrost in which the soil particles are cemented together by ice GCW Glossary 2023.03.27
Ice-bonded permafrost Ice-bearing permafrost in which the soil particles are cemented together by ice. GCW Glossary 2023.03.27
Ice boom A floating structure designed to retain ice. GCW Glossary 2023.03.27
Ice boom In hydrologic terms, a floating structure designed to retain ice. GCW Glossary 2023.03.27
Ice bound A harbor, inlet, etc. Is said to be ice-bound when navigation by ships is prevented on account of ice, except possibly with the assistance of an icebreaker. GCW Glossary 2023.03.27
Ice bound A harbor, inlet, etc., is said to be ice bound when navigation by ships is prevented on account of ice, except possibly with the assistance of an icebreaker. GCW Glossary 2023.03.27
Ice-bound Sea ice terminology. A harbour, inlet, etc. Is said to be ice-bound when ships cannot navigate within it due to the ice. In some cases, navigation is possible with the assistance of an icebreaker. GCW Glossary 2023.03.27
Icebound A harbour, inlet, etc, is said to be icebound when navigation by ships is prevented due to ice, except possibly with the assistance of an icebreaker. GCW Glossary 2023.03.27
Icebound A harbour, inlet, etc., is said to be icebound when navigation by ships is prevented due to ice, except possibly with the assistance of an icebreaker. GCW Glossary 2023.03.27
Ice boundary The demarcation between fast ice and drift ice or between different zones of drift ice. When used as a climatologic term, for describing the position of the boundary of spreading of ice of any concent ration or age in any given month or a period based on the observation data for a number of years, the tem should be preceded by a word mean, median, minimum or maximum with indication of the ice cover characteristic after it. For example: Median boundary of multiyear close ice. GCW Glossary 2023.03.27
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