floeberg

American  

[floh-burg] / ˈfloʊ bɜrg /

noun

1. a mass of ice floes resembling an iceberg.

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Etymology

Origin of floeberg

1875–80; floe + berg; modeled on iceberg

Example Sentences

“But it was a sight we did not like, for the floes were thudding against our floeberg with increasing violence. Our temporary home was being swept away at an unpleasantly rapid rate.”

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

A big floeberg resting peacefully ahead caught my eye, and half an hour later we had hauled up the boats and pitched camp for the night.

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

The ship had steamed but a short distance, when, owing to the rapidly drifting ice in the channel, she had to be made fast to a floeberg.

From A Negro Explorer at the North Pole by Washington, Booker T.

We pitched camp on a floeberg of unusual height; about us were many big hummocks, and to the lee of these banks of hardened snow.

From My Attainment of the Pole by Cook, Frederick A.

We are sheltered north of a huge paleocrystic floeberg; and the dogs are at rest, with their noses in their tails.

From A Negro Explorer at the North Pole by Washington, Booker T.