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Sworn to the one-nation-two-state formula that later won their leader, Willy Brandt, a Nobel Peace prize, West Germany’s Social Democrats clung to the status quo like polar bears to a disappearing ice floe.
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David Schoenbaum, Foreign Affairs, 8 Nov. 2014
The men floated on an ice floe and used lifeboats to reach the uninhabited Elephant Island.
Shackleton and a few crew members then embarked on a risky trek across hundreds of miles of violent seas to South Georgia island to search for rescuers.
—Ashley Strickland, CNN, 15 June 2024
The ice floes parted just long enough for Endurance to finally sink into the ocean, before closing again to erase any trace of the wreckage.
—Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 13 June 2024
Each year anglers in the upper Midwest are rescued from ice floes that get blown into open water by high winds.
—Drew Dawson, Journal Sentinel, 11 June 2024
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David Schoenbaum, Foreign Affairs, 8 Nov. 2014
The men floated on an ice floe and used lifeboats to reach the uninhabited Elephant Island.
Shackleton and a few crew members then embarked on a risky trek across hundreds of miles of violent seas to South Georgia island to search for rescuers.
—Ashley Strickland, CNN, 15 June 2024
The ice floes parted just long enough for Endurance to finally sink into the ocean, before closing again to erase any trace of the wreckage.
—Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 13 June 2024
Each year anglers in the upper Midwest are rescued from ice floes that get blown into open water by high winds.
—Drew Dawson, Journal Sentinel, 11 June 2024
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“Ice floe.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ice%20floe. Accessed 26 Jul. 2024.
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