floe-ice

As they dodged among the biggest bergs, small fields of floe-ice crunched dangerously beneath the ship.

Champlain's Dream David Hackett Fischer 2008

As they dodged among the biggest bergs, small fields of floe-ice crunched dangerously beneath the ship.

Champlain's Dream David Hackett Fischer 2008

And on the next, the floe-ice poured in and packed the harbor like a box of sardines.

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 87, January, 1865 Various

The tide, in moving, caused the massive floe-ice to grate against that adhering to the shore.

The Eternal Maiden T. Everett Harr��

Pack consisting of heavy broken floe-ice was entered at four o'clock on the same day, and at 8 A.M. on the 25th we were clear of it, steering once more among bergs, many of which were earth-stained.

The Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 Douglas Mawson 1920

To decide definitely for the sea-ice would be to take other risks as well, since, from the altitude at which we were placed, we could not be sure that the floe-ice which covered the sea would provide

The Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 Douglas Mawson 1920

Continuing our journey under a fine bluff, over floe-ice much cracked by tide-pressure, we crossed a small bay cutting wedge-like into the glacier and camped on its far side.

The Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 Douglas Mawson 1920

At halting-time the extreme western edge of Helen Glacier was passed, and below lay young floe-ice, studded with numerous bergs.

The Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 Douglas Mawson 1920

The formation may be composed of attached remnants of floe-ice, frozen sea-spray and drift-snow.

The Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 Douglas Mawson 1920

On the other hand, during September, when the sea was either firmly frozen or strewn thickly with floe-ice, communication was very fitful and uncertain.

The Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 Douglas Mawson 1920