floe

Example Sentences

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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 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

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

The heavy swell had changed and was now crashing into their floe head on.

From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong