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Travelers can expect to see the enormous Greenland ice sheets, icebergs, whales, and remote Inuit hamlets and settlements.
—Paris Wilson, Condé Nast Traveler, 13 Dec. 2024
As winter drags on, presumably cooling the water and perhaps forming ice sheets, the chances dissipate.
—Caitlin Looby, Journal Sentinel, 2 Dec. 2024
The event will be made possible by the NHL, which will keep its ice sheet in place and lend its staff and resources to the Big Ten for the college event.
—Scott Powers, The Athletic, 15 Aug. 2024
However, how fast and how much of the ice sheet will melt depends on future emissions, other climate actions and natural variability within the ice sheet.
—Avery Schuyler Nunn, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Dec. 2024
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First Known Use
1831, in the meaning defined above
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“Ice sheet.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ice%20sheet. Accessed 24 Dec. 2024.
Kids Definition
ice sheet
noun
: ice cap
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