Hostile ice

Alternative definitions (4), class: vernacular (0)
Term: Hostile ice
Definition: From the point of view of the submariner, an ice canopy containing no large ice skylights or other features which permit a submarine to surface.  NSIDCCryosphere 

From the point of view of the submariner, an ice canopy containing no large skylights or other features that permit a submariner to surface.  WMOSeaIce 

Sea ice terminology that describes an ice canopy containing no large skylights or other features, and as a result submarines are unable to surface.  ECCCanada 

From the point of view of the submariner, an ice canopy containing no large ice skylights or other features which permit a submarine to surface.  SPRI 

 GCW 
Created 2017.06.06
Last Modified 2022.03.08
Contributed by GCW Glossary
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