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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Bay-ice

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Ice newly formed upon the surface of the sea. The expression is, however, applied also to ice a foot or two in thickness.

Bight

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An indentation in a floe of ice, like a bay, by which name it is sometimes called.

Bestet

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The situation of a ship when closely surrounded by ice.

Dock

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In a floe may be a natural or artificial: the former being simply a small "bight," in which a ship is placed to secure her from the danger of external pressure; and the latter, a square space cut out ...

Crow's nest

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A small circular house, like a cask, fixed at the masthead, in which the look-out man sits, either to guide the ship through the ice, or to give notice of whales.

Calf

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A mass of ice lying under a floe near its margin, and when disengaged from that position, rising with violence to the surface of the water. - see Tongue.