Examples of pack ice

• A float-plane was taken aboard and transported to the edge of the pack ice where it took off.

• We can't get out yet, pack ice too thick.

• We went through fields and fields of pack ice.

• We set up the tent over the pack ice apparently solid.

• All on board are hopeful we can get out of pack ice and into the sea ice today or tomorrow.

• The pack ice extended unusually far south and this curtailed the length of the cruise and made working at sea quite difficult.

• They all stayed north of the belt of pack ice.

• Grant appeared to be very nervous and was clearly upset when the vessel approached the edge of the pack ice.

• It was estimated at 90 feet high and some of it turned completely upside down and crumbled into pack ice.

• Many weaned crabeater seal pups were seen in both the pack ice and along the continental margin.

• This proved an exhausting journey, taking six days over the melting pack ice.

• This meant landing and building an observatory in the least accessible and virtually unexplored part of the continent protected by an extensive zone of unpredictable pack ice.

• In the section on marine mammals, this implies these animals are never found in leads, polynias, or in the pack ice at all, which is misleading.

• Note that although this volume is not suitable for rigorous citation, it represents the author's authoritative collection of insights and perspectives covering the body of scientific knowledge regarding pack ice.

• The observation programme of obtaining ocean-wave spectra at different distances inside the pack ice necessitated stopping the ship every six hours and suffering the consequent heavy rolling!