bay ice

American  

noun

Oceanography.

1. smooth sea ice formed in the sheltered waters of an Arctic or Antarctic bay.

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Etymology

Origin of bay ice

First recorded in 1810–20

Example Sentences

Swimming, gulls' egging, clamming, spearing eels through the bay ice, are more in his line than schoolbooks.

From Time Magazine Archive

They were walking over a floe of thick bay ice as the mate told his story.

From Wild Adventures in Wild Places by Stables, Gordon

It is undoubtedly this mixture of bay ice which causes the open leads, and I cannot but think that this is the King Edward's Land pack.

From Scott's Last Expedition Volume I by Scott, Robert Falcon

At mid-morning of June 6 most of a band of 25 were lying down to rest on the bay ice, while a few remained standing.

From The Barren Ground Caribou of Keewatin by Harper, Francis

The ice broke away between Cape Evans and Cape Barne on the 23rd, and pressure around the ship shattered the bay ice and placed heavy strains on the stern moorings.

From South: the story of Shackleton's 1914-1917 expedition by Shackleton, Ernest Henry, Sir