floe
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Every collision removes some of the energy supplied by the wind and reduces how far a floe can travel before it strikes another piece of ice.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 18, 2026
A traditional diorama of polar bears on an ice floe hardly needs any changes in presentation or interpretation to take on new meanings in our era of climate change.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2024
Members of the public alerted the local authorities when they saw a man going onto an ice floe to approach the animal.
From BBC ● Apr. 27, 2024
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
If the pack disintegrated too soon, they would be unable to launch the boats and maneuver in the jumble of broken and grinding ice, and unable to find a floe large enough to camp on.
From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong
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