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PRONUNCIATION OF PACK ICE

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PACK ICE

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Pack ice is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES PACK ICE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

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Sea ice

Sea ice is frozen seawater. Because ice is less dense than water, it floats on the ocean's surface. Sea ice covers about 7% of the Earth’s surface and about 12% of the world’s oceans. In the North, it is found in the Arctic Ocean, in areas just below it and in other cold oceans, seas and gulfs; in the Antarctic, it occurs in various areas around Antarctica. Much of the world's sea ice is enclosed within the polar ice packs in the Earth's polar regions: the Arctic ice pack of the Arctic Ocean and the Antarctic ice pack of the Southern Ocean. Polar packs undergo a significant yearly cycling in surface extent, a natural process upon which depends the Arctic ecology, including the ocean's ecosystems. Due to the action of winds, currents and temperature fluctuations, sea ice is very dynamic, leading to a wide variety of ice types and features. Sea ice may be contrasted with icebergs, which are chunks of ice shelves or glaciers that calve into the ocean. Depending on location, sea ice expanses may also incorporate icebergs.

Definition of pack ice in the English dictionary

The definition of pack ice in the dictionary is a large area of floating ice, usually occurring in polar seas, consisting of separate pieces that have become massed together Also called: ice pack.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PACK ICE

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WORDS THAT END LIKE PACK ICE

anchor ice
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dry ice
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ground ice
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slob ice
water ice

Synonyms and antonyms of pack ice in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «pack ice» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PACK ICE

Find out the translation of pack ice to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of pack ice from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «pack ice» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

浮冰
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

bolsa de hielo
570 millions of speakers

English

pack ice
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

पैक बर्फ
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

كيس من الثلج
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

пакет льда
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

bloco de gelo
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

বরফ বরফ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

banquise
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Pek ais
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Packeis
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

流氷
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

팩 얼음
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Pack ice
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

cây nước đá
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பேக் பனிக்கட்டி
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

पॅक बर्फ
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Buz toplama
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

banchisa
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

opakowanie lodu
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

пакет льоду
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

pachet de gheata
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

παγοκύστη
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

pakys
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

packis
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

pakkis
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of pack ice

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PACK ICE»

The term «pack ice» is regularly used and occupies the 72.234 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PACK ICE» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about pack ice

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PACK ICE»

Discover the use of pack ice in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to pack ice and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Arctic Sea Ice: Proceedings of the Conference
6 = Close drift-ice/pack-ice 7 = Very close drift-ice/ pack-ice 8 = Pressure-ice/ Screw-ice or vast, heavy ice-floes 9 = Shore lead X = No information / = Ice Development o = No change i = Ice situation has improved 2 = Ice situation has ...
‎1958
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Encyclopedia of Marine Mammals
Thirteen species of pinnipeds breed on ice, either floating pack ice or fast ice attached to the land (Table II). Ice breeding seals tend to be monogamous, and this is likely to be a consequence of Ice type" Obodenids Walrus, Odobenus rosmarus ...
William F. Perrin, Bernd Wursig, J. G.M. Thewissen, 2009
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Descriptive Physical Oceanography
7.3.2 Antarctic Ocean Sea ice in the form of pack ice is a feature of the Antarctic ocean (Southern ocean). The area of the frozen sea surrounding the Antarctic continent varies from about 2.7 million km2 in southern summer to more than 18 ...
M. Affholder, F. Valiron, 2001
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SIKU: Knowing Our Ice: Documenting Inuit Sea Ice Knowledge ...
Table 14.4 Kingikmiut terms for pack ice and associated vocabulary Inupiaq term English explanation Sigu Ocean pack ice, also a generic term that refers to all sea ice, including shorefast ice Qamiyanaqtuaq Pack ice that is packed tightly ...
Igor Krupnik, Claudio Aporta, Shari Gearheard, 2010
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Sea Ice
Ignoring the contribution by platelet ice brings algal biomass accumulation in the two hemispheres more closely in line. An obvious pattern in Pm* that does emerge from the data is the consistently higher values measured in pack ice relative ...
David N. Thomas, Gerhard S. Dieckmann, 2009
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The Ecology of Snow and Ice Environments
2009). As indicated in Section 1.4.1, sea ice is a complex structure with a matrix made up of numerous channels filled by brine. However, there are differences between land-fast ice, first-year and multi-year ice, pack ice, and the marginal ice  ...
Johanna Laybourn-Parry, Martyn Tranter, Andrew J. Hodson, 2012
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Ice Story: Shackleton's Lost Expedition
Describes the events of the 1914 Shackleton Antarctic expedition, when the ship the Endurance was crushed in a frozen sea and the men made the perilous journey across ice and stormy seas to reach inhabited land.
Elizabeth Cody Kimmel, 1999
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Encyclopedia of Snow, Ice and Glaciers
This type of sea ice is termed “open pack ice.” When the floes are very densely packed, with a concentration of 70–80%, it is termed “close pack ice.” When no water is visible between the floes, then the pack ice has a concentration of 100%  ...
Vijay P. Singh, Pratap Singh, Umesh K. Haritashya, 2011
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Wild Mammals of North America: Biology, Management, and ...
Denning on the Pack Ice. Although most maternal denning appears to occur on coastlines of mainlands and islands, Amstrup and Gardner (1994) discovered that 53% of the dens of polar bears radio-collared between 1981 and 1991 were on ...
George A. Feldhamer, Bruce C. Thompson, Joseph A. Chapman, 2003
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The Sinking of the Titanic: An Ice Pilot's Perspective
If the Titanic had entered the pack ice on a straight course, instead of at the angle dictated by her rudder having been put hard to port, most likely there would have been little or no damage to the ship and in all probability not enough damage ...
L. Marmaduke Collins, 2002

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PACK ICE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term pack ice is used in the context of the following news items.
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Antarctica: Chinese rescue vessel 'may now be stuck in ice'
... irony of the situation is that the Xue Long was originally summoned to break a clear route through the pack ice to the smaller Russian vessel. «FreeDistrict, Jul 15»
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The narwhal and the mythical beast that never was
The narwhal is a uniquely specialised Arctic predator — in winter it feeds on flatfish under dense pack ice. Males have been recorded diving up to 1,500m (4,900 ... «Morning Star Online, Jul 15»
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Climate change and an inconvenient truth in DAILY MAIL COMMENT
Steadily increasing temperatures had made the pack ice contract by up to 12 per cent between 1979 and 2012, leading to rising sea levels ... «Daily Mail, Jul 15»
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North American Nickel Inc. Closes First Tranche of $10M Private …
The >75km-long belt is situated along, and near, the southwest coast of Greenland, which is pack ice free year round. The Post Creek/Halcyon property in ... «Junior Mining Network, Jul 15»
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Explorer David Hempleman-Adams getting ready for his next …
"The north-east and north-west passages in one season is a frightening thought because we will have to navigate through solid pack ice which ... «Bristol Post, Jul 15»
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Study: Melting Sea Ice Spells Death for Polar Bears
A young polar bear on pack ice over deep waters of the Arctic Ocean. (Credit: Shawn Harper). x. A young polar bear on pack ice over deep ... «Voice of America, Jul 15»
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5 nations sign declaration to protect Arctic 'donut hole' from …
But as pack ice has retreated, the area of the Arctic Ocean once frozen-over year-round has been exposed to the potential of commercial ... «Alaska Dispatch News, Jul 15»
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Deep Listening: Only Connect Oslo In Review
... were slowly lowered into the waters six minutes away from North Pole pack ice, picking up everything from shrimp to humpback whales. «The Quietus, Jul 15»
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An opinion and a goodbye topped last week's list of most-read stories
In Iqaluit, it was thick pack ice which spawned another popular story last week by reporter David Murphy. An unusually cool spring has slowed ... «Nunatsiaq News, Jul 15»
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Arctic terns are long-distance travelers
Arctic terns end their journeys at Antarctica's Weddell Sea, living around pack ice and foraging along the coast during the austral summer. «Houston Chronicle, Jul 15»

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