Stamukhi

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Term: Stamukhi
Definition: Thick ridges that become grounded during the winter and become part of the fast ice zone; while the rest of the fast ice melts during the summer, a stamukhi remains throughout the summer attached to the ocean bottom.  NSIDCCryosphere 

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Created 2017.06.06
Last Modified 2022.03.08
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