pack ice

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Seals rely on pack ice to give birth, to rest and for protection.

From Barron's • Feb. 10, 2026

The pack ice again proved formidable, preventing the team from locating the Endurance in 2019.

From Science Daily • Oct. 29, 2025

“It’s completely sinister to watch,” says wildlife filmmaker Bertie Gregory, who’s spent a decade tracking the orcas, known as B1, a population of pack ice killer whales.

From National Geographic • Sep. 13, 2023

That body of water, located along the northernmost seaboard of Alaska, generates the pack ice found off the coast of eastern Greenland.

From Salon • Mar. 7, 2023

A couple of miles offshore, a belt of pack ice and eroded bergs was drifting past, warning everyone of the winter to come.

From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong