Ice patches result from layers of annual snow that, until recently, remained frozen all year.
Not exact matches
As a
result, the
ice on the water becomes thinner,
patches of open water grow larger, and eventually the time comes when the ocean is completely free of
ice.
The
resulting high - resolution dataset can capture even small
patches of sea
ice a few miles across, which are easy to miss in some satellite datasets.
This past winter, a woman was walking her dog through the Norridge neighborhood when she slipped on a
patch of
ice,
resulting in a serious fall and a broken arm.