Arctic

Arctic

The Arctic is a polar region located at the northern-most part of the Earth consisting of a vast, ice-covered ocean, surrounded by treeless permafrost. The Arctic region holds one of the largest deposits of nature resources on Earth.

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lead

Places; Arctic

A channel through the ice. A ship is said to "take the right lead" when she follows a channel conducting her into a more navigatable sea, and vice versa.

nipped

Places; Arctic

The situation of a ship when forcibly pressed by ice on both sides.

pack

Places; Arctic

A large body of ice, consisting of seperate masses, lying close together, and whose extent cannot be seen.

pancake-ice

Places; Arctic

Newly-formed ice, assuming the pecliar conformation of numberless patches of "sludge," and giving the surface of the sea the appearance of handsome pavement.