Anchor ice is defined by the World Meteorological Organization as "submerged ice attached or anchored to the bottom, irrespective of the nature of its...
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body of ice suspended in water. It may be formed from grease ice or from anchor ice rising to the surface and typically comprises lumps of ice, a few centimeters...
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crystal lattice. Ice that is found at sea may be in the form of drift ice floating in the water, fast ice fixed to a shoreline or anchor ice if attached to...
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the axe as a belay anchor. The ice axe of today has its roots in the long-handled alpenstock that came before it. Not only is an ice axe used as a climbing...
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Anchor is a brand of dairy products that was founded in New Zealand in 1886, and is one of the key brands owned by the New Zealand–based international...
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portal Anchor ice – Submerged ice anchored to a river bottom or seafloor Congelation ice – Ice that forms on the bottom of an established ice cover Drift...
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ice may either grow in place from the sea water or by freezing pieces of drifting ice to the shore or other anchor sites. Unlike drift (or pack) ice,...
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Glossary of climbing terms (redirect from Deadman anchor)
wave"). See C-grade. Abalakov thread A type of anchor used in abseiling especially in winter and in ice climbing. ABD A term used to describe a progress...
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bacterium of the genus Psychrobacter, which was isolated from the anchor ice of Amery Ice Shelf in Antarctica. It is strictly oxidative and coccus-shaped;...
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An ice screw is a threaded tubular screw used as a running belay or anchor by climbers on steep ice surface such as steep waterfall ice or alpine ice during...
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