ice cap
noun
1
: a cover of perennial ice and snow
specifically
: a glacier forming on an extensive area of relatively level land and flowing outward from its center
2
: an ice bag shaped to the head
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Wildfires, floods, melting ice caps, heat waves, the bleaching of ocean reefs.
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Steve Lopez, Los Angeles Times, 18 June 2026
Now the polar ice cap was melting, opening up potential Arctic sea lanes.
—Ben Taub, New Yorker, 15 June 2026
Melting glaciers and ice caps also will add to sea levels.
—Bill Kearney, Sun Sentinel, 23 May 2026
As Psyche zoomed past the red planet, its cameras captured a wide-angle overhead view of Mars’ southern polar ice cap.
—Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 20 May 2026
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Steve Lopez, Los Angeles Times, 18 June 2026
Now the polar ice cap was melting, opening up potential Arctic sea lanes.
—Ben Taub, New Yorker, 15 June 2026
Melting glaciers and ice caps also will add to sea levels.
—Bill Kearney, Sun Sentinel, 23 May 2026
As Psyche zoomed past the red planet, its cameras captured a wide-angle overhead view of Mars’ southern polar ice cap.
—Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 20 May 2026
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“Ice cap.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ice%20cap. Accessed 22 Jun. 2026.
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