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Meanings of drift ice in English
Sea ice that is not attached to land but rather moves on the sea surface in response to wind and ocean currents.
Antonyms
Examples for "fast ice"
Examples for "fast ice"
1
Then we made for the fast ice, leaving the rotten bit between us and the ship.
2
Actually less fast ice than when we left!
3
On January 2, 1914, fast ice and the mainland were sighted.
4
This caused the whole bay to become iced up with fast ice, so-called because it sticks fast to the land.
5
Until last week, no-one knew if the " fast ice" was safe enough to get across with surface vehicles.
Usage of drift ice in English
1
Masses of drift ice and slush, but for the most part surprisingly clear.
2
The gale would drive the drift ice up the Gulf and pack the floes.
3
Above us a roof of mist, beneath our feet the rugged packed drift ice.
4
On the other hand, Agassiz seems to me mad about glaciers, and apparently never thinks of drift ice.
5
That patch of drift ice is not in the least likely to extend as far north as our track.
6
Here they saw an enormous herd of walruses, lying piled up over each other on the loose drift ice.
7
Nansen recorded another dream: People ask me what it was like among the drift ice but I forgot to take accurate observations.
8
Not only are storms of frequent occurrence, but in the months of winter and spring large quantities of drift ice are commonly encountered.
9
Soon he was out upon a piece of drift ice, shaking himself, and began leaping from one lump of floating ice to another.
10
That an open sea, with a fresh breeze, was as destructive for them, indeed more destructive, than a sea covered with drift ice:
11
The event was meant to take place in the sea but organizers decided to use water basins instead due to the presence of drift ice.
12
He met a quantity of drift ice about the northern part of the island and called it Ice-land, the name it has borne ever since.
13
This was however impracticable, the channel being blocked up by drift ice, and we had no prospect of release except by a change of wind.
14
Johnny's eyes once more swept the broad expanse of drifting ice.
15
Preston and his three men worked the craft out slowly into the drifting ice.
16
They were now sitting by the bank, watching some drifting ice upon the river.