floe
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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 emergency responders were able to rescue those four people from the floe at around 6:40 p.m.
From Washington Times • Dec. 30, 2023
It took about 2 1/2 hours to finally evacuate 122 people from the ice floe, and no injuries were reported, according to the sheriff’s office.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 29, 2023
But no sooner had they warmed themselves with the milk then the wind shifted and brought dangerous chunks of ice crowding and bumping up against their floe.
From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong
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