Arctic

Arctic

The Arctic is a polar region located at the northern-most part of the Earth consisting of a vast, ice-covered ocean, surrounded by treeless permafrost. The Arctic region holds one of the largest deposits of nature resources on Earth.

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Stream

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

Tracking

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Towing along a margin of ice.

Floe

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The same as a field, except that its extent can be distinguished from the ship's masthead. A "bay-floe" is a floe of ice newly formed.

Ice-anchore

Places; Arctic

A hook or grapnel adapted to take hold upon ice.

Hummock

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A mass of ice rising to a consderable height above the general level of a floe, and forming a part of it. Hummocks are originally raised by the pressure of floes against each other.