1
: floating ice formed in a large sheet on the surface of a body of water
2
: ice floe
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The sampled region changed as the floe drifted across the Arctic.
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Asher Elbein, WIRED, 2 Mar. 2025
From flowing to floes:People walked across a frozen Ohio River in 1977.
—Mariyam Muhammad, The Enquirer, 20 July 2024
The best bet is Eclipse Sound on Baffin Island, where narwhal frequent the edge of the sea ice (the floe edge) in early summer.
—The Week Uk, theweek, 28 Apr. 2024
The 122 people, who were fishing at Upper Red Lake, were taken safely back to land via boat and airboat within three hours of the distress call, the Beltrami County Sheriff’s Office said, after they were unexpectedly stranded on a large sheet of floating ice, referred to as a floe.
—Frances Vinall, Washington Post, 30 Dec. 2023
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Asher Elbein, WIRED, 2 Mar. 2025
From flowing to floes:People walked across a frozen Ohio River in 1977.
—Mariyam Muhammad, The Enquirer, 20 July 2024
The best bet is Eclipse Sound on Baffin Island, where narwhal frequent the edge of the sea ice (the floe edge) in early summer.
—The Week Uk, theweek, 28 Apr. 2024
The 122 people, who were fishing at Upper Red Lake, were taken safely back to land via boat and airboat within three hours of the distress call, the Beltrami County Sheriff’s Office said, after they were unexpectedly stranded on a large sheet of floating ice, referred to as a floe.
—Frances Vinall, Washington Post, 30 Dec. 2023
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“Floe.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/floe. Accessed 13 Jul. 2025.
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floe
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: a sheet or mass of floating ice
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