Drift ice
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Drift ice, also called brash ice, is sea ice that is not attached to the shoreline or any other fixed object. Unlike fast ice, which is "fastened" to a fixed object, drift ice is carried along by wind
Drift ice, Greenland
The icebreaker Kontio, which in this picture became stuck in drift ice while towing a cargo ship in pack ice in the northern Baltic Sea
Ice floes / pack ice
Drift ice in the Sea of Okhotsk
Sea ice
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Sea ice forms as seawater freezes. Because ice is less dense than liquid water, it floats on the ocean's surface. Sea ice covers about 7% of the Earth's surface and about 12% of the world's oceans. Mu
Drift ice
…Drift ice, also called brash ice, is sea ice that is not attached to the shoreline or any other fixed object (shoals, grounded icebergs, etc.). Unlike fast ice, which is "fastened" to a fixed…
Broken pieces of Arctic sea ice with a snow cover
Nilas in Baffin Bay
Aerial view showing an expanse of drift ice offshore Labrador (Eastern Canada) displaying floes of various sizes loosely packed, with open water in several networks of leads. (Scale not available.)