Definition of ice floe
: a usually large flat free mass of floating sea ice
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During the winter of 1899, frigid air reached all the way to South Florida, and ice floes were reported at the mouth of the Mississippi, entering into the Gulf of Mexico.
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Ice floes smash through during the spring thaw — indeed, an ice floe toppled a German military bridge built during World War II — and the area is prone to earthquakes.
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During the winter, the artists watch bald eagles float by on ice floes.
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Researchers determined that ice floes contain particularly high concentrations of polyethylene, used primarily in packaging material.
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The Coast Guard and Monroe County Sheriff were notified of people flashing lights on an ice floe at about 8 p.m. A Coast Guard helicopter team found two groups of fishermen and hoisted them to safety.
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On August 1, 1947, the diesel submarine USS Boarfish, with Arctic Submarine Laboratory's founder Dr. Waldo Lyon onboard serving as an Ice Pilot, conducted the first under-ice transit of an ice floe in the Chukchi Sea.
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The big waters of Lake Erie will beckon once the remaining ice floes are gone.
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Even the familiar tales in this book are gripping—wooden ships in the pincers of an ice floe, flickering oil lamps, thin air.
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First Known Use of ice floe
1819
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: a large, flat area of ice floating in the ocean
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