floe
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Ms Homendy said recovery workers were dealing with deteriorating weather conditions and that the wreckage had landed on an ice floe which is moving at a rate of five miles a day.
From BBC • Feb. 8, 2025
A traditional diorama of polar bears on an ice floe hardly needs any changes in presentation or interpretation to take on new meanings in our era of climate change.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 4, 2024
The rescues failed, and four people fell into the water before being taken back to the floe to warm up in a shelter, the sheriff’s office wrote.
From Washington Times • Dec. 30, 2023
They were brought back to the ice floe to warm in a fishing shelter, the sheriff’s office said.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 29, 2023
There wasn’t another good, solid, flat floe in sight, and Shackleton felt they could not do better for a camping place.
From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong
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