floe
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“She told herself, ‘Oh, just put me on an ice floe —’”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026
Ms Homendy said recovery workers were dealing with deteriorating weather conditions and that the wreckage had landed on an ice floe which is moving at a rate of five miles a day.
From BBC ● Feb. 8, 2025
In late December, more than 100 people had to be rescued from an ice floe that broke free from a fishing area on a northern Minnesota lake.
From New York Times ● Feb. 2, 2024
The rescues failed, and four people fell into the water before being taken back to the floe to warm up in a shelter, the sheriff’s office wrote.
From Washington Times ● Dec. 30, 2023
On one occasion, when Endurance was moored to a floe, the crew hauled out the motor sledge.
From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong
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