Significados de float pumice em inglês

Dr Scott said sailors first saw rising steam plumes and then noticed the large masses of floating pumice.

Scientists say the discovery is not connected with a raft of floating pumice found last year floating further north in the Pacific.

Sailors Shannon Lenz and Tom Whitehead have recalled their encounter with a huge sea of floating pumice in the Pacific Ocean in early August.

"Looks like floating pumice, sir," answered the second mate, "and I think I see palm-trees amongst it."

Floating pumice formed a layer on the ocean surface two and a half feet in thickness, through which vessels had difficulty in forcing their way.