GLOSSARY OF ARCTIC TERMS. 
Bay-ice, ice of recent formation, so called because forming most readily 
in bays and sheltered spots. 
Berg, (see Iceberg.) 
Beset, so enclosed by floating ice as to be unable to navigate. 
Bight, an indentation. 
Blasting, breaking the ice by gunpowder introduced in canisters. 
Blink, (see Ice-blink.) 
Bore, to force through loose or recent ice by sails or steam. 
Brash, ice broken up into small fragments. 
Calf, detached masses from berg or glacier, rising suddenly to the 
- surface. 
Crow’s nest, a look-out place attached to the top-gallant-masthead. 
Dock, an opening in the ice, artificial or natural, offering protection. 
Drift ice, detached ice in motion. 
Field-ice, an extensive surface of floating ice. 
Fiord, an abrupt opening in the coast-line, admitting the sea. 
Fire-hole, a well dug in the ice as a safeguard in case of fire. 
Floe, a detached portion of a field. 
Glacier, a mass of ice derived from the atmosphere, sometimes abut¬ 
ting upon the sea. 
Hummocks, ridges of broken ice formed by collision of fields. 
Ice-anchor, a hook or grapnel adapted to take hold upon ice. 
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