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
Frederik Bussmann took water samples from the edge of an ice floe on the Arctic Ocean last month.Credit...
From New York Times ● Sep. 22, 2023
The girl’s face tightened, and she took a couple of uneasy steps away from the edge of the ice floe, squeezed her arms to her sides, and leapt over the dark crevice.
From "Breadcrumbs" by Anne Ursu
