Sentence examples for sea ice pack from inspiring English sources
In the Antarctic air temperatures were 2-4C (3.6-7.2F) warmer than normal in November, with strong westerly winds helping disperse the sea ice pack.
The extension of oil and gas exploration in High Arctic offshore locations will likely require floating drilling capability in the presence of high-concentration sea ice (pack ice) at the beginning and end of the open water season.
Figure 5 shows a very good correlation (r = −0.89), suggesting that if the sea ice pack continues to retreat in the near future, increased secondary new particles will occur in the Arctic.
Not unlike the case of hurricanes affecting oil and gas production in the Gulf of Mexico (Considine et al. [2002]), both drifting sea ice (pack ice) and icebergs can be a threat to offshore oil platforms in northern waters, such as those tapping the Jeanne D'Arc basin located below the Grand Banks, East of Newfoundland (Hibernia, Terra Nova, and White Rose).
Exemplifying this, some skeptics this fall attributed great importance to the fact that arctic sea ice was more extensive this summer than it was last summer, while ignoring the longer-term trend of dramatically shrinking ice -- not to mention the fact that this summer, although an improvement over last summer, still saw the sixth smallest arctic sea ice pack on record.
That "archived" heat, currently trapped below the surface, has the potential to melt the region's entire sea-ice pack if it reaches the surface, researchers say.
Penguins rarely traveled north of the main sea-ice pack, and used areas with high sea-ice concentration, ranging from 75%to85%5%, about 500 km inward from the ice edge.
We therefore hypothesise that RedCAPs might be involved in the light-dependent structural and/or functional reorganisation of the light-harvesting antenna of PS I and/or PS II in response to D/LL shifts (including water induced changes in light quality) as diatoms regularly experience in their natural habitats, i.e. the water column, mudflats or sea-ice packs [ 51- 53].
Most sea ice occurs as pack ice, which is very mobile, drifting across the ocean surface under the influence of the wind and ocean currents and moving vertically under the influence of tides, waves, and swells.
Close to shore, the sea ice was loosely packed, and the placid pools of water at the base of the Marr glacier reflected the pale-blue walls of the ice piedmont.
Meanwhile, they said in interviews and in the summary, evidence of increasing warming has shown up in retreating glaciers, thinning polar sea ice, retreating snow packs, warmer nights, and elsewhere.
