: sea ice formed into a mass by the crushing together of pans, floes, and brash
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Most Svalbard itineraries will also spend a day sailing to the edge of the pack ice, which runs all the way up to the North Pole.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
16 June 2026 That year in Point Lay, the pack ice created an open lead very near shore.—
Scott Haugen,
Outdoor Life,
4 Feb. 2026 Climate change, the subsequent melting of pack ice and the opening of new sea lanes is making the Arctic more navigable and -- potentially -- more lucrative.—
David Brennan,
ABC News,
23 Jan. 2026 Most other food is delivered twice a year by ship, once in late summer and once in early autumn, before the pack ice re-forms and renders passage impossible.—
Ben Taub,
New Yorker,
25 Nov. 2025 See All Example Sentences for pack ice