ice 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

An ice floe detached from the shoreline of Upper Red Lake in Beltrami County, Minnesota, Friday, stranding the 122 ice fishermen on top of it.

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

There at the top, glittering like an ice floe, is Cullinan I, the Star of Africa, 530 carats of virtually perfect diamond-ness.

From Los Angeles Times • May 3, 2023

He was on a large ice floe moving slowly north past the village.

From "Black Star, Bright Dawn" by Scott O'Dell