drift ice

"It's an abnormal year," said the captain, who has navigated through the drift ice for 21 years.

The drift ice made the sea impassable to all ships but icebreakers for an average of 40 days.

"We'd be caught in the drift ice, but it was all right," he said.

We'd hear the sound of the drift ice.

We call it the cry of the drift ice.

The drift ice serves as a breeding ground for seals in early spring.

They tend not to live within dense drift ice.

The bay was studded with drift ice and floating icebergs.

In order to get close to the seals, Tom had maneuvered into an area littered with drift ice.

In the winter, tourists visit the city to watch the drift ice.