pressure ice


noun
  1. a general term for ice broken and deformed by stresses generated by wind, currents, or waves.

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How to use pressure ice in a sentence

  • We persevered on the 24th over many lines of pressure-ice and then camped near an especially rough patch.

    The Home of the Blizzard | Douglas Mawson
  • The sledges could not be brought very near the rock as it was surrounded by massive ridges of pressure-ice.

    The Home of the Blizzard | Douglas Mawson
  • I was anxious to keep them alive until we were out of the pressure-ice.

    The Home of the Blizzard | Douglas Mawson
  • Sections of pressure ice may drift away subsequently and become embedded in new ice.

    South! | Sir Ernest Shackleton
  • By pressure ice can be moulded to any shape, while the same ice snaps sharply asunder if subjected to tension.