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
Historically in winter, the gulf’s pack ice transforms into the southernmost whelping grounds for harp seals—an ice nursery for newborn pups.
From National Geographic ● Jan. 23, 2024
But they hunt for food within the pack ice — sea ice floes that move with the wind or ocean currents and may merge.
From Salon ● Nov. 8, 2022
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
