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

Historically in winter, the gulf’s pack ice transforms into the southernmost whelping grounds for harp seals—an ice nursery for newborn pups.

From National Geographic • Jan. 23, 2024

Despite McNish building a new boat on the pack ice with frostbitten hands, he was denied the Polar Medal because he had fallen out with Shackleton.

From BBC • Feb. 20, 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