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pressure ice

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noun

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

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Sections of pressure ice may drift away subsequently and become embedded in new ice.

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

By pressure ice can be moulded to any shape, while the same ice snaps sharply asunder if subjected to tension.

From The Glaciers of the Alps Being a narrative of excursions and ascents, etc. by Tyndall, John

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