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View synonyms for shelf ice
shelf ice
noun
- ice forming part of or broken from an ice shelf.
shelf ice
shelf ice
- An extension of glacial ice into coastal waters that is in contact with the bottom near the shore but not toward the outer edge of the shelf.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of shelf ice1
First recorded in 1910–15
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Example Sentences
At a distance, large bergs would be undistinguishable from shelf-ice, appearances of which were reported above.
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Wild, Harrison and Hoadley went to examine the shelf-ice with a view to its suitability for a wintering station.
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In all, thirty-six tons of stores were raised on to the shelf-ice, one hundred feet above sea-level, in four days.
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The shelf-ice is without doubt afloat, if the presence of sea-water and diatomaceous stains on the ice is of any account.
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Thus the northern face crumbles down into brash or floats away as part of a berg severed from the main body of the shelf-ice.
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