floe
Example Sentences
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Was my father on a floe that was drifting away from the shore?
From Literature
The Advance was encircled by ice floes in Smith Sound north of Baffin Bay.
From Literature
In the Arctic, Brown worked with an icebreaker captain to navigate directly to the northernmost pole after drifting floes blocked his original plan to travel across the ice.
People in northern Germany flocked to the Elbe river Monday to marvel at giant Arctic-style ice floes that have clogged up a stretch of the waterway, creating a headache for shipping but delighting visitors.
From Barron's
It's home to ice floes, glaciers and more polar bears than people.
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
