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Pack ice

Scope note

Use for large areas of thin sheets of floating ice driven together by wind or currents to form a mass covering the entire sea surface with little or no open water.

Term type

AAT

Getty AAT term number

3000132320

Broader Terms used

<bodies of water by state>

Term used for

ice packs
pack-ice

Created

13yrs ago

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