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Preferably, strong east winds pack ice into the west end.
—David Zeug, Outdoor Life, 22 Jan. 2023
Today the Arctic is warming at a rate twice that of the rest of the world; summer pack ice may be gone by 2040 with trans-Arctic commercial shipping and industrial development soon to begin, and Arctic peoples are now represented at the United Nations.
—Smithsonian Magazine, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 Apr. 2020
Venus may still be active based on 'pack ice' finding Volcanoes act like windows into a planet’s interior, allowing scientists to understand more about what factors influence its ability to be a habitable world.
—Ashley Strickland, CNN, 15 Mar. 2023
The missile-firing submarines were designed to operate in the Arctic under pack ice.
—Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 9 May 2022
And in 2021, a reanalysis of Magellan data indicated large blocks of crust had been jostled around like pack ice—a sign of rock stirring below the surface.
—Bypaul Voosen, science.org, 15 Mar. 2023
That summer, the island remained surrounded by thick pack ice.
—Ailsa Ross, Longreads, 4 Apr. 2023
In another, the British Terra Nova ship is surrounded by pack ice.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Feb. 2023
In the winter of 1854-55, the Candace was caught in Arctic pack ice and badly damaged.
—Carl Nolte, San Francisco Chronicle, 11 Mar. 2023
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Word History
First Known Use
1842, in the meaning defined above
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“Pack ice.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pack%20ice. Accessed 23 May. 2024.
Kids Definition
pack ice
noun
: sea ice formed into a mass by the crushing together of chunks and sheets of ice
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