Iceberg

Iceberg

A large floating mass of ice detatched from a glacier.

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iceberg

Earth science; Physical oceanography

Large floating chunks of ice formed by the breaking off, i.e. calving of ice sheets at their seaward edges.

iceberg

Geography; Physical geography

A mass of ice formed from fresh water floating in the ocean. They are break-away fragments from ice sheets or glaciers. Due to the buoyancy, only 10% of the mass appears above the ...

iceberg

Weather; Meteorology

A large mass of floating or stranded ice that has broken away from a glacier; usually more than 5 m above sea level. The unmodified term “iceberg” usually refers to the irregular ...

iceberg

Earth science; Geology

A large, massive piece of floating or stranded glacier ice of any shape, broken from the front of a glacier into a body of water. An iceberg has the greater part of its mass (4/5 ...

iceberg

Science; General science

A large mass of glacial ice broken off and drifted from parent glaciers or ice shelves along polar seas. Icebergs are distinguished from polar pack ice, which is sea ice, and from ...

sludge

Places; Arctic

Ice of the consistence of thick honey, offering little impediment to a ship while in this state, but greatly favoring the formation of a "bay-floe."

stream

Places; Arctic

A long and narrow, but generally continuous, collection of loose ice.

tongue

Places; Arctic

A mass of ice projecting under water from an iceberg or floe, and generally distinguishable at a considerable depth of smooth water. It differs from a "calf" in being fixed to, or ...

tracking

Places; Arctic

Towing along a margin of ice.

water-sky

Places; Arctic

A dark appearance in the sky, indicating "clear water" in that direction, and forming a striking contrast with the "blink" over land or ice.

young-ice

Places; Arctic

Nearly the same as "bay-ice," but generally applied to ice more recently formed than the latter.

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