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The term “ice island”

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 January 2017

G. Hattersley-Smith
G. Hattersley-Smith*
Affiliation:
Department of National Defence, Defence Research Board, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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Journal of Glaciology , Volume 4 , Issue 31 , 1962 , pp. 131
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Copyright © International Glaciological Society 1962

SIR, The term “ice island”

I have read with interest the three recent letters on “Terminology for Antarctic ice features” in this Journal (Vol. 3, No. 30, p. 1165–68).

I agree that we now have to accept the term “ice island”, with or without a qualifying adjective, for a particular type of tabular berg found in the Arctic Ocean and adjacent waters. I support Dr. Crary in favouring the form “floating ice island” for this feature. It is unfortunate that the best-known example, T-3, has gone aground, and must presumably continue to be called an “ice island” (Dr. Law’s type (3)?) until it becomes a shoal.

G. Hattersley-Smith

Directorate of Phsical Research(Geophsics), Department of National Defence, Defence Research Board, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. 23 October 1961