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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Floe-piece

Places; Arctic

An expression generally applied to small pices of floes, not more than a furlong square.

Glacier

Places; Arctic

A mass of ice derived from the atmosphere, sometimes abutting the sea.

Ice-foot

Places; Arctic

The Danish name of the limited ice-belt of the more southern coast.

Iceberg

Places; Arctic

A large floating mass of ice detatched from a glacier.

Pancake-ice

Places; Arctic

Newly-formed ice, assuming the pecliar conformation of numberless patches of "sludge," and giving the surface of the sea the appearance of handsome pavement.

Lead

Places; Arctic

A channel through the ice. A ship is said to "take the right lead" when she follows a channel conducting her into a more navigatable sea, and vice versa.