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iceberg
iceberg mass of ice that has become detached, or calved, from the edge of an ice sheet or glacier and is floating on the ocean. Because ice is slightly less dense than water about one ninth of the total mass of a berg projects above the water. Greenland and other N Atlantic icebergs are usually pea... Read more
Davis Strait
Davis Strait c.400 mi (640 km) long and c.180 mi (290 km) wide at the narrowest point, between Greenland and Baffin Island, NE Canada, connecting the Atlantic Ocean and Baffin Bay. Large amounts of ice and icebergs move south through the strait. The British explorer John Davis sailed through it in ... Read more
Titanic
Titanic , British liner that sank on the night of Apr. 14-15, 1912, less than three hours after crashing into an iceberg in the N Atlantic S of Newfoundland. More than 1,500 lives were lost. The Titanic, thought to be the fastest ship afloat and almost unsinkable, was on her maiden voyage and carr... Read more
Ross Sea
Ross Sea arm of the Pacific Ocean, Antarctica , between Victoria Land and Marie Byrd Land. It was discovered in 1841 by Sir James Clark Ross, a British explorer. Ross Island with Mt. Erebus, an active volcano, is in the western part of the sea; Roosevelt Island is in the east. The Ross Sea's south... Read more
Grand Banks
Grand Banks submarine plateau rising from the continental shelf, c.36,000 sq mi (93,200 sq km), off SE Newfoundland, N.L., Canada. It is c.300 mi (480 km) long and c.400 mi (640 km) wide; depths range from 20 to 100 fathoms. The cold Labrador Current flows over most of the banks; the warmer Gulf St... Read more
echo sounder
echo sounder an older instrumentation system for indirectly determining ocean floor depth. Echo sounding is based on the principle that water is an excellent medium for the transmission of sound waves and that a sound pulse will bounce off a reflecting layer, returning to its source as an echo. The... Read more
glacier
glacier moving mass of ice that survives year to year, formed by the compacting of snow into névé and then into granular ice and set in motion outward and downward by the force of gravity and the stress of its accumulated mass. Glaciers are usually found in high altitudes and latitude... Read more
Indian Ocean
Indian Ocean third largest ocean, c.28,350,000 sq mi (73,427,000 sq km), extending from S Asia to Antarctica and from E Africa to SE Australia; it is c.4,000 mi (6,400 km) wide at the equator. It constitutes about 20% of the world's total ocean area. The Indian Ocean is connected with the Pacific O... Read more
Atlantic Ocean
Atlantic Ocean [Lat.,=of Atlas], second largest ocean (c.31,800,000 sq mi/82,362,000 sq km; c.36,000,000 sq mi/93,240,000 sq km with marginal seas). Physical Geography Extent and Seas The Atlantic Ocean extends in an S shape from the arctic to the antarctic regions between North and ... Read more
Arctic Ocean
Arctic Ocean the smallest ocean, c.5,400,000 sq mi (13,986,000 sq km), located entirely within the Arctic Circle and occupying the region around the North Pole. Oceanography and Environment Nearly landlocked, the Arctic Ocean is bordered by Greenland, Canada, Alaska, Russia, and Norway. T... Read more

Encyclopedia entries related to "Iceberg"

Iceberg
Encyclopedia entry from: UXL Encyclopedia of Science Iceberg An iceberg is a large mass of free-floating ice that has broken away from a glacier...shapes and sizes, some long and flat, others towering and massive. An iceberg floats because it is lighter and less dense than the salty seawater...
iceberg
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition iceberg mass of ice that has become detached...icebergs in the N Atlantic, where the iceberg season lasts roughly from February to October...of the Titanic through collision with an iceberg in 1912, a patrol of N Atlantic shipping...
Icebergs
Encyclopedia entry from: The Gale Encyclopedia of Science Icebergs An iceberg is a large mass of free-floating ice...produced by freezing saltwater. The word iceberg has its roots in Nordic and German words...serial number identifier (for example, iceberg C18) to each large iceberg measuring...
Titanic
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea ...voyage in April 1912 after hitting an iceberg. Built to safety flotation standards...the crow's nest lookout reported an iceberg close ahead and the first officer immediately...full turn to port. The bows missed the iceberg, but an underwater spur of ice ripped...
Antarctica
Encyclopedia entry from: UXL Encyclopedia of Science ...Icebergs can be amazingly huge; an iceberg measured in 1956 was 208 miles (335 kilometers...700 years. Only 10 to 15 percent of an iceberg normally appears above the water's surface...west to east until they melt. An average iceberg will last several years before melting...
Polar Regions
Encyclopedia entry from: Worldmark Encyclopedia of Nations ...issue of international concern beginning in 2000. In March 2000, the largest iceberg ever recorded split offfrom the Ross Ice Shelf. Known as B-15, the iceberg was approximately the size of Connecticut — it weighed about 2 billion...
Lettuce
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Food and Culture ...chrysanthemum. Among the modern types of lettuce are two crisphead forms, iceberg, which forms a large, firm head, and Batavia, which is slightly softer and smaller than iceberg and is popular in Europe. Romaine lettuce has long leaves in a loaf...
Psychoanalytic Theory
Encyclopedia entry from: International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences ...awareness but is easily retrievable is called preconscious . Freud used the analogy of an iceberg to describe this model: Only a small tip of a much larger iceberg is visible above water, much like only a small fraction of the mind is conscious...
Phineas Taylor Barnum
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...Barnum seek to buy Shakespeare's birthplace, hire the Zulu leader who had recently ambushed a British force, and tow an iceberg into New York harbor. Altogether, the museum showed over 600, 000 exhibits during its existence. Tom Thumb and Jenny Lind...
Financing, Securing
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of E-Commerce ...roughly $6 billion in technology firms, including PointCast, Yahoo!, and , in 1996. This proved to be only the tip of the iceberg, however. According to BusinessWeek Online writer Peter Elstrom in an April 2001 article, "For years, venture capitalists...

Dictionary entries related to "Iceberg"

iceberg
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English ...ice sheet and carried out to sea. PHRASES: the tip of the iceberg the small, perceptible part of a much larger situation or...remains hidden: the statistics represent just the tip of the iceberg. ORIGIN: late 18th cent. : from Dutch ijsberg , from ijs...
tip of the iceberg
Book article from: The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable tip of the iceberg the small perceptible part of a much larger situation or problem that remains hidden, as the larger part of an iceberg remains submerged.
iceberg lettuce
Book article from: A Dictionary of Food and Nutrition iceberg lettuce Pale green variety of lettuce with a crisp texture.
iceberg calving
Book article from: A Dictionary of Earth Sciences iceberg calving See CALVING .
calve
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English ...person) help (a cow) give birth to a calf. 2. [ tr. ] (of an iceberg or glacier) split and shed (a smaller mass of ice). ∎  [ intr. ] (of a mass of ice) split off from an iceberg or glacier.
Titanic, Sinking of the
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History ...four hundred miles from the coast of Newfoundland, hit an iceberg on its starboard side. Shortly after midnight the crew was...construction and renewed questions about the vessel's speed, iceberg warnings, the conduct of the crew and certain first-class...
tip
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English ...or question but thinks better of it: it was on the tip of his tongue to ask what was the matter. the tip of the iceberg see iceberg . tip 2 • v. ( tipped , tip·ping ) 1. overbalance or cause to overbalance so as to fall or...
Estrangement
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Psychoanalysis ...pleasure principle. In a sense, estrangement, in its unconscious dimension, may impose limits on our understanding, like an iceberg, which remains largely submerged. Sophie de Mijolla-Mellor See also: ; D é j à vu...
Meshchersky, Ivan Vsevolodovich
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography ...citing as examples the increase of the mass of the earth occasioned by meteorites falling on it; the increase of the mass of an iceberg with freezing and its decrease with thawing; the increase of the mass of the sun through its gathering of cosmic dust and...
Titanic
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English ...x2C8;tanik / a British passenger liner, the largest ship in the world when it was built and supposedly unsinkable, that struck an iceberg in the North Atlantic on its maiden voyage in April 1912 and sank with the loss of 1,490 lives.

Thesaurus entries related to "Iceberg"

ice
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Thesaurus of Current English ice • noun   1. ships encountering ice synonyms : frozen water; frost, rime, icicle, iceberg, glacier.   2. ice in a drink synonyms : ice cubes, crushed ice; inf. rocks.   3. you could feel the ice...
massive
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus massive • adjective  a massive iceberg synonyms : huge, enormous, vast, immense, large, big, mighty, great, colossal, tremendous, prodigious, gigantic, gargantuan...
tip
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus tip 1 • noun  the swords we use in the play have blunt tips the tip of the iceberg synonyms : point, end, extremity, head, sharp end, spike, prong, tine, nib; top, summit, apex, cusp, crown, crest, pinnacle, vertex.
vegetable
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus ...xE9;e galangal gherkin ginger root gourd green bean green pea Habanero pepper haricot vert horseradish Hubbard squash iceberg lettuce jalapeño pepper Jerusalem artichoke jicama kabocha squash kale kencur kohlrabi leek lemon grass lima bean...

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Iceberg Industries Contracts With InvestorVu.com to Produce Unique Investment Profile.
Business Wire; 9/16/1999; 700+ words ; ...unique corporate stock profile to date with Iceberg Corporation of America (OTCBB:ICBG). This...profile provides in-depth information on Iceberg Industries and its parent company Iceberg Corporation of America. It includes photographs...
Iceberg Corporation Completes First Round of Private Placement.
Business Wire; 5/10/2000; 700+ words ; ...BUSINESS WIRE)--May 10, 2000 Iceberg Corp. of America (OTCBB:ICBG) today...company's worldwide marketing campaign for Iceberg products," said Paul Benson, President...current analysis available on the company. Iceberg Corp. is the leading producer of ultra...
Iceberg Corporation of America Forms Joint Venture to Export Greenland Water.
Business Wire; 8/24/2000; 700+ words ; ...BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 24, 2000 Iceberg Corporation of America, (OTCBB:ICBG) (Iceberg) today announced that it has formed a joint venture to export freshwater from Greenland. Iceberg's joint venture partner is the international...
Iceberg Products Breaks out of North America; Distribution to Begin in Europe Through Amexport.
Business Wire; 1/13/2000; 700+ words ; ...BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 13, 2000 Iceberg Corp. of America (OTCBB:ICBG) today...partnership group, plans to distribute Iceberg products through Coca Cola in Italy...vice president of sales and marketing for Iceberg. "The members of Amexport's distribution...
Borealis Iceberg Water Receives Approval as New Water Category in Japan.
Business Wire; 8/10/2001; 700+ words ; ...BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 10, 2001 Iceberg Corporation of America (OTCBB:ICBG...to Japan. Paul Benson, president of Iceberg Corporation of America was quoted as saying...further confirms the acceptance of our iceberg water products on the international stage...
ICEBERG REENERGIZES ITS U.S. EFFORTS.(Gilmar Group's international marketing)
Magazine article from: WWD; 7/14/2006; ; 700+ words ; ...Alessandra Ilari MILAN - The high-end Iceberg line is U.S.-bound. Gilmar Group...central Italy with a portfolio that includes Iceberg, Ice B, Ice J, Gerani, Frankie Morello...Giambattista Valli Paris, wants to reposition Iceberg in the U.S. at a higher level. The...
Iceberg Products Breaks Out of North America; Distribution to Begin in Europe Through Amexport.
Business Wire; 1/14/2000; 700+ words ; ...BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 14, 2000 Iceberg Corp. of America (OTCBB:ICBG) today...partnership group, plans to distribute Iceberg products through Coca Cola in Italy...vice president of sales and marketing for Iceberg. "The members of Amexport's distribution...
Italian Iceberg warms up to U.S. (sportswear label)
Magazine article from: WWD; 6/9/1993; ; 700+ words ; NEW YORK -- Iceberg, an Italian sportswear label, is on...2.5 million international campaign Iceberg has planned for this year, double the...plans to launch a fragrance here, and Iceberg is scouting for a site along Madison Avenue...
StorageTek announces Iceberg shipment milestone; Iceberg No. 500 Ships To AG Communication Systems.
Business Wire; 3/22/1995; 700+ words ; ...announced an important milestone for its Iceberg 9200 Virtual Storage Facility: AG Communication Systems, Phoenix, receives Iceberg shipment number 500. Ron Henry, AG Communication...said that the company had ordered four Iceberg subsystems with a total capacity of 500...
MUCH-MALIGNED ICEBERG LETTUCE TURNS OVER A NEW LEAF.(LA.COM)(Recipe)
Newspaper article from: Daily News (Los Angeles, CA); 9/5/2007; 700+ words ; ...EDITOR Although it has gotten a bad rap, iceberg lettuce is as popular as ever. While...pizzas and more. A comfort food of sorts, iceberg is simple, reliable and has been a culinary...salad," noted the late James Beard. "Iceberg is all about the crunch and the versatility...