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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The melting of the Arctic ice cap will soon create a new northern waterway, bringing additional military vulnerabilities to northern North America.
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Ivo H. Daalder, Foreign Affairs, 30 Jan. 2025
As the researchers note, a nearby ocean would have improved the chances of exposing this region to water, but the exposure could also have been due to processes like melting at the base of an ice cap.
—John Timmer, Ars Technica, 20 Jan. 2025
This is about, as the polar ice caps pull back, the Chinese are now cranking out icebreakers and pushing up there as well.
—Mychael Schnell, The Hill, 20 Jan. 2025
When temperatures started heating up, ice caps began melting, causing water from the Appalachian Mountains to flow into the Apalachicola River and eventually all the way down to the coast.
—Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 25 Jan. 2025
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Ivo H. Daalder, Foreign Affairs, 30 Jan. 2025
As the researchers note, a nearby ocean would have improved the chances of exposing this region to water, but the exposure could also have been due to processes like melting at the base of an ice cap.
—John Timmer, Ars Technica, 20 Jan. 2025
This is about, as the polar ice caps pull back, the Chinese are now cranking out icebreakers and pushing up there as well.
—Mychael Schnell, The Hill, 20 Jan. 2025
When temperatures started heating up, ice caps began melting, causing water from the Appalachian Mountains to flow into the Apalachicola River and eventually all the way down to the coast.
—Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 25 Jan. 2025
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“Ice cap.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ice%20cap. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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