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ICE BREAKER CHANNEL [1 record]

Record 1 2011-01-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Hydrology and Hydrography
  • Glaciology
  • Water Transport
CONT

U.S. Coastguard Icebreaker "Polar Sea" taking scientists and support personnel on a cruise through the icebreaker channel out to the open sea. Every year the icebreaker clears a channel through the sea ice into McMurdo Sound so that a large cargo ship can dock at the end of the season, prior to the onset of winter.

CONT

In the last few years, a giant iceberg perched north of Ross Island has prevented the ocean current from flushing broken sea ice out of the icebreaker channel.

Key term(s)
  • ice-breaker channel
  • ice breaker channel

French

Domaine(s)
  • Hydrologie et hydrographie
  • Glaciologie
  • Transport par eau
OBS

Lorsque le détroit est déclaré «zone active de surveillance des glaces» et que des glaces sont présentes dans le chenal de navigation, les navires de passage doivent être escortés par un brise-glace de taille suffisante.

OBS

Pluriel : des brise-glaces.

OBS

brise-glaces (pl.) : Cette graphie, puisée des Rectifications de l'orthographe recommandées par le Conseil supérieur de la langue française, est attestée dans le Petit Robert (2004).

Spanish

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