The phrase "a stable ice" is not correct in standard written English.
It is typically used to describe a condition of ice that is firm and not prone to melting or breaking.
Example: "The lake had a stable ice surface, allowing for safe skating throughout the winter."
Alternatives: "solid ice" or "firm ice".
That's why you can have a stable ice sheet in a warmer climate".
In some cases particularly before a stable ice cover forms wind mixing may be sufficient to entrain ice particles and supercooled water to considerable depths.
In some large lakes, such as Lake Erie in North America, wind effects are so great that a stable ice cover rarely forms over the entire lake, and the water is very near 0° C throughout the winter.
On larger lakes where the wind prevents a stable ice cover from initially forming, large floes may be formed, and the ice cover may ultimately stabilize as these floes freeze together, sometimes forming large ridges and piles of ice.
In addition, in very deep lakes the thermal reserve built up during summer heating may be too large to allow cooling to the freezing point, or the action of wind over large fetches may prevent a stable ice cover from forming.
This device allows growth of a stable ice crystal that can be easily manipulated with or without IBPs in solution.
Since the cryoprotective solution can be transformed into a stable glass without ice crystal formation during the rapid cooling process, this extremely rapid method of cryopreservation is referred to as "vitrification," meaning "glass formation".
As the lead author, Jennifer Kay, put it in the news release: The computer simulations suggest that we could see a 10-year period of stable ice or even a slight increase in the extent of the ice.
They skied through the night for 2.5 hours to an area of more stable ice.
This would not matter as a one-off, but if it happened repeatedly as new firn formed the consequences could be serious particularly if, in escaping, it caused more hydrofracturing or acted as a lubricant that encouraged previously stable ice to slip from its bedrock into the sea.How likely that sort of thing is to happen and thus how much of a threat firn really is has yet to be determined.
In 2006, the gravel ice rink received an artificial ice machine to secure stable ice conditions throughout the winter.
