Polar pack ice, ice that builds up over many years, has not been seen for eight years.
The area is prone to changes in winds and local currents, and ships can quickly become trapped, sometimes for weeks, when the concentration of pack ice increases.
One afternoon last winter, two ships lined up side by side in a field of pack ice at the mouth of the Ross Sea, off the coast of Antarctica.
The final leg from New Zealand to the Antarctic was an epic in itself, battling violent storms and treacherous pack ice before the Nimrod anchored in McMurdo Sound on Jan 28th 1908.
The west coast, one of the most beautiful areas of the Antarctic, is usually free of ice during the austral summer from November to March, and is famed for its pristine, glacier-clad peaks, glistening icebergs, pack ice and wildlife.
Each year I guide ski expeditions across the pack ice to the North Geographic Pole and each year brings new surprises -- severe storms rarely seen in these parts, vast tracts of first-year ice where there should be years of accumulation, pack ice drifting faster and farther than ever before.
However, although the sea ice is shrinking -- covering less total area as well as becoming thinner -- the Arctic is still a world ruled by ice, a lesson well learned when the Polar Pioneer encountered heavy pack ice between Svalbard and the eastern coast of Greenland, forcing the captain to divert the boat and drop speed to just a few knots.
For current pain, you may find relief from over-the-counter pain medicines or using a cold pack (such as an ice pack or a bag of frozen vegetables wrapped in a thin towel) applied periodically to your chest.
And he was seen nursing his other knee with a pack of ice shortly after taking his place on the Liverpool substitute's bench, though Benitez insisted the striker was not withdrawn because of injury.
"Those water masses play a very important role in the present-day status of the ice pack and changes in the delivery would have an influence and effect on ice distribution, " said Weingartner.
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That discovery sparked the development of "Buzzy, " a toylike vibrating bee fitted with a tiny ice pack.
She installed him on the sofa with an ice pack and the TV remote, then poured herself some Scotch.
Such changes could affect how much heat is reflected and absorbed by the ice pack, which could, in turn, have global implications.
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She was given attention on the track and after a few minutes was helped away with an ice pack strapped to her left calf.
With one arm in a sling and an ice pack on his shoulder, Welton cut short a two-week journey and flew home for surgery.
Croatia full-back Corluka left the field on a stretcher and was later seen on the substitutes' bench with crutches and an ice pack on his ankle.
Vaughan was spotted in the pavilion applying an ice pack to his knee but Yorkshire chief David Byas explained it was not a cause for concern.
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The drawer also holds Band-Aids and Tylenol for the occasional scrape or headache, an ice pack for tension and a manicure case with products for hangnails and splinters.
Green says that "moderate hypothermia" the process of running a cold saline solution through a patient's veins is almost like putting an ice pack on a bruised arm or leg.
The company vacuum packs its meat, then ships it in ice-pack-filled foam coolers in corrugated boxes.
The immediate diagnosis from the Blues was that the Wales centre was taken off as a precaution and was later seen holding an ice-pack on the affected area.
He needed to have an ice-pack applied to a thigh injury - with boss Rafa Benitez hoping he will recover in time for Tuesday's Champions League quarter-final first leg against PSV Eindhoven.
From trying to control a pack of over-excited huskies in the wilderness to doing handbrake turns on ice in a rally car, Finnish Lapland is an adventure sports hotspot.
In case of the latter, pack an emergency kit for the trunk that, at the least, contains jumper cables, a flashlight, ice scraper, flares or warning triangles, extra gloves and hats, blankets, snacks, a first aid kit and a small snow shovel and a bag of sand or cat litter to help should your car get stuck in the snow.
The so-called Value Pack upgrade that was leaked for original Samsung Galaxy S devices after the company announced they would not be upgraded to Ice Cream Sandwich (it was later given a passing mention in the Galaxy S II ICS upgrade notes) has been officially released, at least in Korea.
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