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- noun a form of
ice that forms on water covered to some degree inslush
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Here, waves tossed the ice around — grinding it into round plates called pancake ice or pushing thin sheets on top of one another to create an interlocking pattern, a phenomenon known as finger rafting.
Arctic Ice Feedback Loops Will Guide the Climate’s Future Shannon Hall 2020
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Wave action can break up the nilas into small mats 1-2 m across, which then bump into each other and form rounded shapes with raised edges, called pancake ice (Figure 14.1.2 C). If temperatures remain cold the pancake ice freezes together into solid ice floes, a hard surface covering the ocean (Figure 14.1.2 D). Ice floes then freeze together into ice fields.
14.1 Types of Ice 2025
skipvia commented on the word pancake ice
Another sign of global warming in the Arctic--new ice formed in areas of open water, thinner than the solid nila ice sheets usually found in the Arctic. Pancake ice is round, allowing for more open water between pancakes, increasing solar absorption and therefore global warming even more. See Pancake Ice Takes Over the Arctic.
March 25, 2009
sionnach commented on the word pancake ice
Mmmm. Pass the syrup.
I know, this is not really something to joke about.
March 25, 2009
reesetee commented on the word pancake ice
Wow. Never thought I'd think of pancakes as scary.
March 25, 2009