pack ice

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Seals rely on pack ice to give birth, to rest and for protection.

From Barron's • Feb. 10, 2026

The pack ice again proved formidable, preventing the team from locating the Endurance in 2019.

From Science Daily • Oct. 29, 2025

Endurance became stuck in pack ice within weeks of setting off from South Georgia.

From BBC • Oct. 9, 2024

“It’s completely sinister to watch,” says wildlife filmmaker Bertie Gregory, who’s spent a decade tracking the orcas, known as B1, a population of pack ice killer whales.

From National Geographic • Sep. 13, 2023

Already the ship had drifted 1,000 miles north and west with the pack ice.

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