Petrell had hit anicefloeduring a westerly storm and had sunk while the men were away hunting reindeer.
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He can see the fracture in theicefloefirst and, therefore, would be able to encourage the parties to remove it.
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Harry awakes alone on anicefloe.
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Louise struck heavily and repeatedly against ice floes as she was towed, but suffered no damage, although a towing cable parted at one point.
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Andre called it dreadful terrain, with channels separating the ice floes, high ridges, and partially iced-over melt ponds.
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Larsen found the strait too shallow for larger vessels, and described how his vessel was almost crushed by ice floes when there was a change in the wind's direction.
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The survivors were marooned on anicefloeand driven against a large berg.
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The evacuation of station personnel and cargo from a driftingicefloerequires three days of continuous, round-the-clock work.
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While fishing with a colleague, he was blown out into open waters on anicefloe.
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Ice-rafted debris is deposited when the iceberg strands on the shore and subsequently melts, or drops out of theicefloeas it melts.
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The obverse of the coin depicts a seal on anicefloe.
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Anicefloeconverging toward another and pushing against it will generate a state of "compression" at the boundary between both.
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During the night the ice broke up, leaving the men adrift on anicefloeand separated from their sledges.
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He s about to give up when he sees it drifting away on anicefloe.
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I was out on anicefloethere.
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