Floe
noun
A flat large piece of ice that has broken off from an iceberg or glacier and is floating in the sea.
As the weather grew colder, floes began forming on the surface of the sea.
Often appears as...
- ice floe
- floe edge
noun
A flat large piece of ice that has broken off from an iceberg or glacier and is floating in the sea.
As the weather grew colder, floes began forming on the surface of the sea.
Often appears as...
- ice floe
- floe edge
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Pro Tip 1/3Visual Imagery
Imagine a giant, flat piece of ice, like a natural raft adrift in the ocean.
The polar bear climbed onto the floe to rest.
Pro Tip 2/3Size Context
Floes are much larger than ice cubes but smaller than glaciers, usually seen in polar seas.
The ship navigated carefully to avoid the large floes.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Solid Land
A floe is not stable ground; it's temporary and can move or melt.
The seal used the floe for sunbathing, knowing it might drift.
Pro Tip 1/3Visual Imagery
Imagine a giant, flat piece of ice, like a natural raft adrift in the ocean.
The polar bear climbed onto the floe to rest.
Pro Tip 2/3Size Context
Floes are much larger than ice cubes but smaller than glaciers, usually seen in polar seas.
The ship navigated carefully to avoid the large floes.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Solid Land
A floe is not stable ground; it's temporary and can move or melt.
The seal used the floe for sunbathing, knowing it might drift.
Pro Tip 1/3Visual Imagery
Imagine a giant, flat piece of ice, like a natural raft adrift in the ocean.
The polar bear climbed onto the floe to rest.
Pro Tip 2/3Size Context
Floes are much larger than ice cubes but smaller than glaciers, usually seen in polar seas.
The ship navigated carefully to avoid the large floes.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Solid Land
A floe is not stable ground; it's temporary and can move or melt.
The seal used the floe for sunbathing, knowing it might drift.
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Video examples
The strange story of the...
when awareness of climate change was suddenly surging. We kept seeing that image of a polar bear stranded on a little ice floe looking really morose. I spent days looking through these files. I really love them. This one's my favorite. If you can see, it's a polar bear that's drowning and then it's also being eaten simultaneously
Video examples
To the North Pole in...
the most intense experiences I ever had in my whole life jumping from one ice crew to another we were swimming across this pitch-black open leads from one ice floe and across we fought in tents called polar bears lurking around but at the same time this is probably also the most
Video examples
10 TOP Natural History...
the ice floe is near the open ocean
Video examples
The strange story of the...
when awareness of climate change was suddenly surging. We kept seeing that image of a polar bear stranded on a little ice floe looking really morose. I spent days looking through these files. I really love them. This one's my favorite. If you can see, it's a polar bear that's drowning and then it's also being eaten simultaneously
Video examples
To the North Pole in...
the most intense experiences I ever had in my whole life jumping from one ice crew to another we were swimming across this pitch-black open leads from one ice floe and across we fought in tents called polar bears lurking around but at the same time this is probably also the most
Video examples
10 TOP Natural History...
the ice floe is near the open ocean
Example 1 of 3
Quote examples
Jeanette Winterson
British Novelist
The truth is that love smashes into your life like an ice floe, and even if your heart is built like the Titanic you go down.
Quote examples
Jeanette Winterson
British Novelist
The truth is that love smashes into your life like an ice floe, and even if your heart is built like the Titanic you go down.
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