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ICE PACK [3 records]

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Record 1 2012-10-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Packaging
  • Food Preservation and Canning
  • Freezing and Refrigerating
OBS

Used to keep food and liquids cold ... wide, hard vinyl container is easy to store. Re-freeze any time needed.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Emballages
  • Conservation des aliments et conserverie
  • Congélation, surgélation et réfrigération
DEF

Petit sac ou contenant d'usage domestique, rempli d'un mélange eutectique et qui, une fois congelé, permet de garder des aliments au froid [...]

OBS

contenant réfrigérant : Terme entériné par le Comité de linguistique de Radio-Canada et le Secrétariat d'État du Canada.

Spanish

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Record 2 2011-05-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Glaciology
  • Oceanography
DEF

... any area of sea ice (other than fast ice) regardless of its form or disposition, composed of a heterogeneous mixture of ice of varying sizes and ages, and formed by the jamming or crushing together of pieces of floating ice.

OBS

The mass may be either loosely or tightly packed but it covers the sea surface with little or no open water.

OBS

The terms "pack ice" and "ice pack" have been used indiscriminately for both the sea area containing floating ice, and the material itself.

OBS

When concentrations [of sea ice] are ... 7/10 or more, the term "pack ice" is normally used. When concentrations are 6/10 or less the term "drift ice" is normally used.

OBS

pack ice: term used at Natural Resources Canada - Earth Sciences Sector.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Glaciologie
  • Océanographie
DEF

[...] étendue de glace de mer autre que la banquise côtière.

CONT

[...] le froid augmentant, se forme la banquise polaire compacte et épaisse, appelée aussi «pack».

OBS

Lorsque la concentration de glace est élevée (7/10 ou plus), ce terme [de banquise] peut être remplacé par «pack».

OBS

En plus de désigner l'étendue marine couverte de glace, le terme «banquise» s'applique également à l'amas de glaces formées en surface par la congélation de l'eau de mer.

OBS

pack glaciel : terme en usage à Ressources naturelles Canada - Secteur des sciences de la Terre.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Glaciología
  • Oceanografía
DEF

Glaciar marino o placa de hielo de 2 a 3 m. de espesor que se forma en las áreas marinas de zonas polares.

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Record 3 2008-01-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Glaciology
  • Oceanography
DEF

Sea ice formed into a chaotic mass by the crushing together of pans, floes, and brash.

OBS

...the pack ice expands in winter and recedes in summer.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Glaciologie
  • Océanographie
DEF

Amas de glaces flottantes, formé par la congélation de l'eau de mer.

OBS

La banquise est constituée de glace annuelle qui se forme au début de l'hiver (embâcle) et fond au printemps (débâcle) et de glace polaire vieillie. Elle est soumise à des mouvements de marée et à des dérives provoquées par les courants marins et les vents.

Spanish

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