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shelf ice
noun
- ice forming part of or broken from an ice shelf.
shelf ice
shelf ice
- An extension of glacial ice into coastal waters that is in contact with the bottom near the shore but not toward the outer edge of the shelf.
Word History and Origins
Origin of shelf ice1
Example Sentences
Icebergs are huge, thick hunks of ice that break off glaciers or shelf ice and float to sea.
At a distance, large bergs would be undistinguishable from shelf-ice, appearances of which were reported above.
Wild, Harrison and Hoadley went to examine the shelf-ice with a view to its suitability for a wintering station.
In all, thirty-six tons of stores were raised on to the shelf-ice, one hundred feet above sea-level, in four days.
The shelf-ice is without doubt afloat, if the presence of sea-water and diatomaceous stains on the ice is of any account.
Thus the northern face crumbles down into brash or floats away as part of a berg severed from the main body of the shelf-ice.
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