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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McCauley said being a ferry pilot has provided him so many opportunities — flying low over the African savanna, over Greenland ice caps, and so many more places.
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Celeste Edenloff, Twin Cities, 28 Nov. 2025
Meanwhile, the melting of the polar ice cap is opening up potential trade routes that could reshape global shipping.
—Ben Taub, New Yorker, 24 Nov. 2025
Data from the Mars Advanced Radar for Subsurface and Ionosphere Sounding (MARSIS) instrument has revealed unusually strong radar reflections coming from a region roughly 12 miles wide at the base of the planet’s southern polar ice cap.
—Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 22 Nov. 2025
Rising sea levels that have resulted from global warming and the melting of ice caps have likely exacerbated the natural sea erosion that occurs daily from the impacts of wind, waves and tides.
—Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 29 Oct. 2025
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Celeste Edenloff, Twin Cities, 28 Nov. 2025
Meanwhile, the melting of the polar ice cap is opening up potential trade routes that could reshape global shipping.
—Ben Taub, New Yorker, 24 Nov. 2025
Data from the Mars Advanced Radar for Subsurface and Ionosphere Sounding (MARSIS) instrument has revealed unusually strong radar reflections coming from a region roughly 12 miles wide at the base of the planet’s southern polar ice cap.
—Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 22 Nov. 2025
Rising sea levels that have resulted from global warming and the melting of ice caps have likely exacerbated the natural sea erosion that occurs daily from the impacts of wind, waves and tides.
—Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 29 Oct. 2025
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“Ice cap.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ice%20cap. Accessed 4 Dec. 2025.
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