Ice drift

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Term: Ice drift
Definition: Displacement of ice floes and other ice features resulting from the impact of wind and currentsincluding tidal currents and of forces transferred through the ice cover from other regions. The drift direction and velocity of a specific ice feature or ice cover area depends at any specific moment on themagnitude of the external forces, on the feature
Created 2022.03.08
Last Modified 2023.03.27
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