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GLOSSARY OF ARCTIC TERMS. 
Ice-belt, a continued margin of ice, which in high northern latitudes 
adheres to the coast above the ordinary level of the sea. 
Iceberg, a large floating mass of ice detached from a glacier. 
IceMink, a peculiar appearance of the atmosphere over distant ice. 
Ice-chisel, a long chisel for cutting holes in ice. 
Ice-face, the abutting face of the ice-belt. 
Ice-foot, the Danish name for the limited ice-belt of the more southern 
coast. 
Ice-hook, a small ice-anchor. 
Ice-raft, ice, whether field, floe, or detached belt, transporting foreigu 
matter. 
Ice-table, a flat surface of ice. 
Land-ice, floes or fields adhering to the coast or included between 
headlands. 
Lane or lead, a navigable opening in the ice. 
Nip, the condition of a vessel pressed upon by the ice on both sides- 
Old ice, ice of more than a season’s growth. 
Pack, a large area of floating ices driven together more or less closely. 
Polynia, a Russian term for an open-water space. 
Rue-raddy, a shoulder-belt to drag by. 
Tide-hole , a well sunk in the ice for the purpose of observing tides. 
Tracking, towing along a margin of ice. 
Water-sky, a peculiar appearance of the sky over open water. 
Young ice, ice formed before the setting in of winter; recent ice. 
