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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"

Icebergs
Encyclopedia entry from: The Gale Encyclopedia of Science Icebergs An iceberg is a large mass...saltwater. The word iceberg has its roots in...ice mountain. Icebergs in the southern...life span of an iceberg depends on its size...about two years for icebergs in the Northern...
Iceberg
Encyclopedia entry from: UXL Encyclopedia of Science ...the Titanic to an iceberg One of the best-known icebergs is the one that struck...also used to locate icebergs. Modern iceberg research continues...tracking and monitoring icebergs and on learning more about iceberg deterioration. In...
iceberg
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition iceberg mass of ice that has...and other N Atlantic icebergs are usually peaked...tops and steep sides. Icebergs differ from other ocean...source of most of the icebergs in the N Atlantic, where the iceberg season lasts roughly...
Antarctica
Encyclopedia entry from: UXL Encyclopedia of Science ...as calving. Icebergs can be amazingly huge; an iceberg measured in 1956...percent of an iceberg normally appears...surface. As these icebergs break away from...usually sweep the icebergs from west to...An average iceberg will last several...
ice
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea ...drift of the surface current, whereas icebergs , with five-sixths of their volume...bergs often plough across pack ice. Icebergs have a different origin: they are spawned...one time there may be up to 300,000 icebergs. In 2000 a massive berg 290 ×...
Titanic
Encyclopedia entry from: Macmillan Encyclopedia of Death and Dying ...telegraph reports of approaching icebergs. At noon, it received this...steamer Athenai reports passing icebergs and large quantities of field...and a great number of large icebergs." That last message was never...the bridge to announce, "Iceberg ahead." Less than a minute...
Polar Regions
Encyclopedia entry from: Worldmark Encyclopedia of Nations ...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...size. Although Antarctica produces icebergs as part of a natural process, many...
SONAR
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Espionage, Intelligence, and Security ...Switzerland, developed what they termed a "hydrophone" as a mechanism for ships to more readily detect icebergs (the vast majority of any iceberg remains below the ocean surface). Similar systems were put to immediate use as an aid to underwater...
glacier
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...and cover mountains and valleys. Continental glaciers are huge ice sheets whose margins may break off to form icebergs (see iceberg ). The only existing continental glaciers are the ice sheets of Greenland and Antarctica, but during glacial...
Quaternary ice-sheet disintegration
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to the Earth ...in sea level of between 4 and 6 m and that the discharge of icebergs into the southern oceans led to complex oceanographic changes...influenced by sea level changes that, through changing rates of iceberg calving, alter the mass balance of the ice sheet. The claims...

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 .
Titanic, Sinking of the
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History ...from the coast of Newfoundland, hit an iceberg on its starboard side. Shortly after...and an international ice patrol to track icebergs. The Titanic story evolved into a major...questions about the vessel's speed, iceberg warnings, the conduct of the crew and...
Charpentier, Johann (Jean) De
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography ...rolling. Another hypothesis ascribed the transport of blocks to icebergs or ice rafts on rivers, lakes, or an arm of the sea. Subscribers...exclusively at levels at which they were not; and that if some icebergs had floated blocks from the Alps to the Jura, then others...
glaciomarine sediment
Book article from: A Dictionary of Earth Sciences ...which originated in glaciated land areas and has been transported to the oceans by glaciers or icebergs. Such sediments may contain large dropstones, transported by and dropped from icebergs, in the midst of fine-grained sediments.
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.
plough mark
Book article from: A Dictionary of Earth Sciences ...deep and tens of metres wide, made on the sea floor by the base of an iceberg that is driven by wind and tide. Many plough marks are found near the...continental shelves in high latitudes, marking the passage of ancient icebergs.
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...

Thesaurus entries related to "Iceberg"

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...
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.
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...

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Icebergs: top to bottom: plunge under Antarctic ice to learn about the ocean's frozen wonders ... (Earth science: icebergs/glaciers).
Magazine article from: Science World; 1/10/2003; ; 700+ words ; ...have to say about icebergs. Q: What's an iceberg? A: An iceberg...water. Q: Are icebergs dangerous? A: The iceberg that sank the world...there life on an iceberg? A: Not only do...live on and around icebergs, the ice itself...
Iceberg Alley.(Only In ...)
Magazine article from: Faces: People, Places, and Cultures; 10/1/2004; ; 700+ words ; ...how fast and where an iceberg is moving. Icebergs are monitored and mapped...keep its ships safe in Iceberg Alley. The number of icebergs appearing each year is...ice, the stronger the iceberg.) As icebergs melt, they take on a...
Iceberg Industries Contracts With InvestorVu.com to Produce Unique Investment Profile.
Business Wire; 9/16/1999; 700+ words ; ...Newfoundland, Canada, Iceberg is a commercial supplier...water derived from icebergs as the core ingredient...researched and developed iceberg harvesting and processing...water melted from icebergs. Products are sold under the "Iceberg" and "Borealis...
Icebergs drift through life after making break from pack
Newspaper article from: The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel; 8/2/1999; ; 673 words ; ...Titanic" was an iceberg, and drifting icebergs are indeed a kind...miles wide. Big icebergs can extend down...The life of an iceberg is short compared...raining, the iceberg melts all the...some hardy Arctic icebergs make it nearly...
Iceberg Corporation Of America: Borealis Iceberg Water Receives Approval As New Water Category In Japan.
News Wire article from: Canadian Corporate News; 8/10/2001; 700+ words ; ...JOHN'S, NEWFOUNDLAND, 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 Media Purchases 300 Internet Radio Channels And $1.5 Million In Radio Advertising From CHUM Limited.
News Wire article from: Canadian Corporate News; 11/19/2001; 700+ words ; TORONTO, ONTARIO, NOVEMBER 19, 2001 CHUM Limited to become major Shareholder of Iceberg Media.com Inc. Iceberg Media.com Inc. ("Iceberg"), (CDNX: YIC) announced today the acquisition of the assets of Bonzaroo.com and...
Icebergs show a dangerous beauty in Canada
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe; 6/1/2008; ; 700+ words ; ...they drive the icebergs ashore, and there are low iceberg populations. "When...normal. ... The icebergs are protected by...that float through Iceberg Alley and threaten...Today you can see icebergs from the shore of...
Borealis Iceberg Water, Beer and Vodka Now Available in the United States.
Business Wire; 9/22/1999; 700+ words ; ST. JOHN'S, Newfoundland--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 22, 1999-- Borealis Iceberg Water, Borealis Iceberg Beer and Borealis Iceberg Vodka are now available to consumers in the United States. Ron Stamp, vice president, sales...
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...
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...