ice-free conditions
1Ice — This article is about water ice. For the broader concept of ices as used in the planetary sciences, see volatiles. For other uses, see Ice (disambiguation) …
2Ice age — An ice age is a period of long term reduction in the temperature of the Earth s surface and atmosphere, resulting in an expansion of continental ice sheets, polar ice sheets and alpine glaciers. Glaciologically, ice age is often used to mean a… …
3Free-diving — Free diver with monofin, ascending. Freediving is any of various aquatic activities that share the practice of breath hold underwater diving. Examples include breathhold spear fishing, freedive photography, apnea competitions and, to a degree,… …
4ICE 1 — ICE 1 Manufacturer various Constructed 1989 to 1993 Refurbishment 2005 to 2008 …
5Ice diving — is a type of penetration diving where the dive takes place under ice.cite book |title=AAUS Polar Diving Workshop Proceedings |author=Lang, M.A. J. R. Stewart (eds.). |year=1992 |publisher=Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, CA… …
6Cordilleran Ice Sheet — The Cordilleran ice sheet was a major ice sheet that covered, during glacial periods of the Quaternary, a large area of North America. This included the following areas: Western Montana The Idaho Panhandle Northern Washington state down to about… …
7Ice Skating — ▪ 2009 Introduction Figure Skating. Canada came away as the biggest winner at the 2008 International Skating Union (ISU) world figure skating championships, held in March in Göteborg, Swed., by capturing a gold, a silver, and a bronze… …
8ice in lakes and rivers — Introduction a sheet or stretch of ice forming on the surface of lakes and rivers when the temperature drops below freezing (0° C [32° F]). The nature of the ice formations may be as simple as a floating layer that gradually thickens, or it …
9sea ice — Ice formed from frozen seawater in polar regions. Most sea ice occurs as pack ice, which drifts across the ocean surface; other types of sea ice include fast ice, which is attached to coasts and sometimes the seafloor or between grounded icebergs …
10free energy — Thermodynamics. 1. See Gibbs function. 2. See Helmholtz function. * * * Measure of the total combined energies within a system, derived from heats of transformation, disorder, and other forms of internal energy (e.g., electrostatic charges). A… …
