ice floe
nounDefinition of ice floe
: a usually large flat free mass of floating sea ice
Examples of ice floe in a Sentence
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Tiny bits of plastic have been showing up in unlikely places, including Arctic ice floes. — Matt Simon, WIRED, "You’ve Been Drinking Microplastics, But Don’t Worry—Yet," 21 Aug. 2019 They often are found at the outer margins of shifting ice floes and rarely in areas of dense pack ice, NOAA says. — Washington Post, "At least 60 ice seals found dead along west Alaska coast," 13 June 2019 Choose the wrong ice floe, and the scientists could end up in Russian waters, where outsiders can't collect data without special permits. — Anchorage Daily News, "For the biggest Arctic expedition ever, scientists will trap themselves in sea ice," 13 June 2019 Researchers tested several samples from ice floes in the Arctic region, as well as snow samples from more urban places across Europe. — Aj Willingham, CNN, "Microplastics are everywhere, even in the Arctic snow," 15 Aug. 2019 Scientists flew by helicopter or sailed by dinghy to ice floes in the Fram Strait to scoop snow with a clean mug and a steel spoon or soup ladle. — Los Angeles Times, "Microplastic in the atmosphere is making its way to the pristine Arctic," 15 Aug. 2019 Snow samples from nine ice floes in the Farm Strait, which is between Greenland and the Norwegian island Svalbard, were examined by the researchers -- with all but one of the sites containing measurable amounts of microplastics and microfibers. — Fox News, "'Ubiquitous' microplastics are airborne, reaching remote Arctic ice," 14 Aug. 2019 Snow samples from ice floes in the Fram Strait had surprisingly high concentrations of microplastics. — Cheryl Katz, National Geographic, "Tiny pieces of plastic found in Arctic snow," 14 Aug. 2019 Water backing up behind ice floes now causes ravaging floods virtually every May. In Srednekolymsk last year, floods swamped the dirt airstrip, with its separate outhouses for men and women. — Neil Macfarquhar, New York Times, "Russian Land of Permafrost and Mammoths Is Thawing," 4 Aug. 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'ice floe.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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