Definition of «floe»

A floe is a flat, smooth piece of ice that forms part of an ice sheet or glacier. It can also refer to a large mass of ice floating on water, such as an iceberg or pack ice. Floes are typically formed when pressure from above causes smaller pieces of ice to break off the main body of the ice sheet or glacier.

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The adventurous explorers carefully trekked across the icy floe, their crampons gripping the frozen surface.
The crew aboard the research vessel observed a huge floe of ice floating past, dotted with seals basking in the sun.
During the Arctic expedition, our guide explained the importance of floes in the polar ecosystem, as they provide essential habitat for polar bears and other marine mammals.
As the winter set in, the bay froze over, creating a vast floe that allowed the villagers to commute across the water on snowmobiles.
The scientists conducted their experiments on the floe, drilling through the ice to collect samples of ancient microbial life beneath.

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There are echoes of this past however, and it was interesting when we included the George Bellows painting of ice floes in the Hudson River on the top floor, because that piece harkens a little bit to aspects of late 19th - century art and the age of American Impressionism, with artists like Childe Hassam and William Merritt Chase. (artspace.com)
When a woman comes to me at FLO Living with endometriosis I share guidance on dietary triggers for those symptoms and potential lifestyle changes that can rid her surroundings of exacerbating chemicals. (floliving.com)
This is very unusual, and likely attributable to the lack of floe ice during the summer months, leaving polar bears no other option than to move to the land where people live. (mediamatters.org)
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