10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SLOB ICE»
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slob ice in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
slob ice and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Arctic Sea
Ice: Proceedings of the Conference
THOMAS: I would like to ask Dr. Kusunoki, what is slob ice? KUSUNOKI: Slob ice
is a type of greasy ice. It is one of the new descriptive terms for ice types. Slob is a
kind of sludge ice with a thickness of more than 20 centimeters. In Japan the ...
2
Grenfell of Labrador: A Biography
There was no doubt about it: he could see a boat making its way laboriously
through the slob ice. By the time it reached him, he had drifted to a position south
of Goose Cove, as much as fifteen nautical miles. The boat contained George
Reid ...
3
Catucto: Battle Harbour, Labrador, 1832-1833
Slob ice was forming at sea and drifting South with the Labrador Current. The first
to come would be small round pans of salt ice known locally as pancakes. Then a
bit later the heavy white Northern slob would arrive. Most of the nets would be ...
Then us comet' th'slob ice where th' pan 'ad ground together, an' 'twasall thick, an'
that was worse'n any.Us sawth' doctor about twenty minutes afore us got t' un.'E
waswavin' 'is flag an'Iseen 'im. 'E was on a pan no bigger'n this flor, an' I ...
Sir Wilfred Thomason Grenfell, 2013
5
Haulin' Rope & Gaff: Songs and Poetry in the History of the ...
The Terra Nova One Monday morning March the Tenth, A dozen of the pluckiest
jumped on the ice that day It opened fine and clear, To help the Terra Nova to
carry on her way, The slob ice in the Narrows But very shortly after, sad news it ...
Shannon Ryan, Larry Small, 1978
My men were apprehensive. . There seemed to be a feeling that we were in for
trouble. * I laid the Leopard in against the short pack. Heavy slob ice all around
us held her fast. Slob ice is just the heavy waterlogged slush that collects on the ...
Berg (same as No. 250). Berg (same as No. 263). Berg (same as No. 278). Berg (
same as No. 289). Berg (same as No. 261). Field ice. Do. Do. Do. Slob ice. Field
ice. Berg (same as No. 296). Berg (same as No. 221). Berg (same as No. 265).
United States. Coast Guard, 1958
8
Remote Sensing of Sea
Ice and Icebergs
Grease ice, instead of forming a large sheet, is blown into streamers and wind
rows. Wave action causes the ice to coalesce into lumps or slob ice and then to
form small rounded floes called pancakes 30 cm to 3 m in diameter (Fig. 2.2).
9
The
Ice Hunters: A History of Newfoundland Sealing to 1914
... 51, 306 'slob' ice, 188 'whelping' ice, 180, 199, 268 Ice blindness, 254 Ice
breaker, 187-9, 200 'Ice captain', 177-8 Ice Cutting Act, 126 Ice hunters Arctic
exploration, 393-5 income, 234-43, 353, 368, 411 labour movement and strikes,
328-53 ...
10
The Chambers Dictionary
... no refinement, a boor (slang). — ./,/; slobb ish — n slobb ishrtess — adj slobb'y.
— slob ice (Can) sludgy floating ice; slob land a mudflat: reclaimed alluvial land, [
It slab] slobber slob' ir. v/ and vi 'to slaver. — adj slobb eiy. [Cf Du slobberen to ...
6 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SLOB ICE»
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slob ice is used in the context of the following news items.
Trashy ice fishermen on Oneida Lake giving sport a bad name
Slob ice anglers are leaving their trash all over the ice on certain parts of Oneida Lake - including cigarette butts, discarded bottles/spent propane canisters and ... «Syracuse.com, Jan 15»
Iroquois Falls latest casualty of changing northern Ontario economy
"You know when you see a piece of ice, and the sun shines on it and it melts away .... Michael talks to an expert in slob ice; fisherman and sealer Jack Troake in ... «CBC.ca, Jan 15»
DFO scientist warns of health hazards posed by decomposing whales
Four more dead whales were visible in the slob ice off the Rocky Harbour area last week, and Lawson believes they may have moved further offshore with that ... «The Telegram, Apr 14»
RCMP, Search and Rescue deployed twice in Labrador Tuesday night
After repairing the machine, the four people encountered problems, getting stuck in "slob ice". However, all returned home safely. The RCMP advises that ... «The Telegram, Apr 13»
Ferry frustrated
Mayor Broomfield said, all last week, there was “slob ice” in Penney's Cove where the ferry docks in St. Brendan's, as well as in Burnside, and the ferry was ... «Gander Beacon, Mar 13»
Thin sea ice coverage expected
Ice has not been an issue in the Humber Arm — or anywhere else along the ... usually at least some fast ice frozen to the shoreline or some rubbly slob ice in the ... «Western Star, Jan 13»
