| 单词 | west ice |
| 释义 | > as lemmasWest Ice West Ice n. a region of the North Atlantic, between Svalbard and Greenland, which is covered with ice during the winter. ΚΠ 1694 tr. F. Martens Voy. Spitzbergen i. 5 in Narbrough's Acct. Several Late Voy. In this place are very great Sheets or Islands of Ice, and the Seamen call it West-Ice, because it lieth towards the West. 1774 C. J. Phipps Voy. N. Pole 75 At two in the morning we were close in with the body of the West ice, and obliged to tack for it. 1833 Amer. Monthly Mag. May 156 It was deemed advisable to make towards ‘the west ice’, as it is called, in order to catch a few seals, before proceeding towards Spitzbergen to the regular fishery. 1905 Zoologist 9 25 Seals bulked largely in the returns, being sought for on the west ice north of Jan Mayen in the months of March and April. 2009 R. Ellis On Thin Ice 36 He sailed the ‘West Ice’—Greenland and Spitsbergen—for sixteen years, becoming the most successful whaler in history. < as lemmas |
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