ice cap
noun
1
: a cover of perennial ice and snow
specifically
: a glacier forming on an extensive area of relatively level land and flowing outward from its center
2
: an ice bag shaped to the head
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Although other icy moons in the solar system — notably Saturn and Jupiter — have oceans beneath their ice caps that could theoretically host life, Titan has something different.
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Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 19 Apr. 2025
That said, certain Arctic species have been shown to infect specific kinds of algae that are currently exacerbating the melting of Earth’s polar ice caps.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 17 Apr. 2025
Underneath his post was a video shared by SpaceX—footage of craggy ice caps, taken by the company’s Dragon spacecraft during a private mission.
—Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 2 Apr. 2025
In addition, radar imaging from in orbit has created images of Mars' polar ice caps that extend down to the crust itself.
—Ars Technica, 28 Feb. 2025
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Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 19 Apr. 2025
That said, certain Arctic species have been shown to infect specific kinds of algae that are currently exacerbating the melting of Earth’s polar ice caps.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 17 Apr. 2025
Underneath his post was a video shared by SpaceX—footage of craggy ice caps, taken by the company’s Dragon spacecraft during a private mission.
—Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 2 Apr. 2025
In addition, radar imaging from in orbit has created images of Mars' polar ice caps that extend down to the crust itself.
—Ars Technica, 28 Feb. 2025
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“Ice cap.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ice%20cap. Accessed 8 May. 2025.
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