Flaw lead

Alternative definitions (5), class: vernacular (0)
Term: Flaw lead
Definition: A navigable passage between pack ice and fast ice.  NSIDCCryosphere 

A passage-way between pack ice and fast ice which is navigable by surface vessels [Note: shore lead is used in the Antarctic]  Bushuyev 

A passageway between pack ice and fast ice that is navigable by surface vessels.  WMOSeaIce 

Sea ice terminology, describing a passageway between ice and fast ice, which is navigable by surface vessels.  ECCCanada 

A navigable passage between pack ice and fast ice.  SPRI 

 GCW 
Created 2017.06.06
Last Modified 2022.03.08
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