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crow's nest

Places; Arctic

A small circular house, like a cask, fixed at the masthead, in which the look-out man sits, either to guide the ship through the ice, or to give notice of whales.

dock

Places; Arctic

In a floe may be a natural or artificial: the former being simply a small "bight," in which a ship is placed to secure her from the danger of external pressure; and the latter, a ...

field

Places; Arctic

A sheet of ice generally of great thickness, and of too great extent to be seen over from a ship's masthead.

fiord

Places; Arctic

An abrupt opening in the coast-line admitting the sea.

floe

Places; Arctic

The same as a field, except that its extent can be distinguished from the ship's masthead. A "bay-floe" is a floe of ice newly formed.

floe-piece

Places; Arctic

An expression generally applied to small pices of floes, not more than a furlong square.

glacier

Places; Arctic

a mass of ice derived from the atmosphere, sometimes abutting the sea.

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