ice-free
free of ice.
(of a harbor or other body of water) free at all times of the year of any ice that would impede navigation.
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How to use ice-free in a sentence
That would have meant a fully re-vegetated (that is, lush with elk food) ice-free corridor.
Incontrovertible Evidence Proves the First Americans Came From Asia | Doug Peacock | March 27, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTNew research suggests the Arctic Ocean could be ice-free by 2015, with devastating consequences for the world.
The End of the Arctic? Ocean Could be Ice Free by 2015 | Mark Hertsgaard | December 13, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTIn just a few decades, the same ship may be able to sail all the way to an ice-free North Pole.
Some of these Alpine lakes were ice-free for fewer than thirty days out of the whole year.
Rescue Dog of the High Pass | James Arthur KjelgaardNor did it equal early spring, when trout streams were ice-free and the earth still too wet for plowing.
The Duck-footed Hound | James Arthur Kjelgaard
The winter had broken early and the Scotch River was running ice-free and full from bank to bank.
The Man From Glengarry | Ralph ConnorThe chipmunks which moved into these ice-free areas, then, became adapted to the new habitats.
Geographic Distribution and Taxonomy of the Chipmunks of Wyoming | John A. WhiteThe great Slav Empire covets an ice-free harbour in Norway, and until this war broke out was busily engaged in compassing its end.
England and Germany | Emile Joseph Dillon
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