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fast ice

noun

  1. ice that is frozen to, grounded on, or attached to the bottom of an area covered by shallow water.


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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of fast ice1

First recorded in 1930–35
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These are locations where the extent of fast ice generally has decreased in recent decades.

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Emperor penguins primarily form colonies and rear their chicks on fast ice.

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Emperors court, mate, lay and hatch eggs, and then bring up their young on the sea-ice connected to the coast - so-called fast ice.

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Vanhoeffen was probably missed in previous searches because it is 30km offshore, on fast ice that has developed around old icebergs which became stuck in shallow water.

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Thousands of young emperors drowned or froze to death when the fast ice on which they were standing broke apart.

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