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Sea ice floats because it is less dense in the solid phase than it is in the liquid phase. If sea ice were MORE dense in the solid phase, it would sink to the bottom of the ocean (light things can't carry heavy things too well, right? Sinking, dense ice would cause the oceans to freeze to their beds, so animals and plants which live on the ocean floor would die!
Sea ice is about as salty as the ice in your refrigerator! Although sea ice is made from salty sea water, the salt molecules are rejected back into the liquid as ice forms. There isn't much room for salt molecules to be trapped in the close-knit structure of sea ice.
"Ice: The Nature, the History, and the Uses of an Astonishing Substance" is a masterpiece of science writing.
Ice: The Nature, the History, and the Uses of an Astonishing Substance
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A self-professed "pagophile" ("lover of ice"), Gosnell exhausts the matter of frozen water. This book is just plan amazing. One would think that no one could write a 560 page book on frozen water and make it not only interesting, but fascinating. I found myself turning the pages and reading despite myself. Mariana Gossnell has a style that leads one on from wonder to wonder. Indeed "Ice: The Nature, the History, and the Uses of an Astonishing Substance" is a masterpiece of science writing.
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Frozen Oceans: The Floating World of Pack-Ice
Frozen Oceans: The Floating World of Pack-Ice
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For a book of this size (just over 200 pgs) it contains a fascinating amount of information on an incredibly interesting subject. The breadth and depth of information covered in the space of so few pages is astounding and yet the author doesn't skimp on details. Should appeal to a wide and educated audience.
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Harvest of the Cold Months: The Social History of Ice and Ices
Harvest of the Cold Months: The Social History of Ice and Ices
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20 years of research into the whole history of ice and ice-making, and this book, which she died before completing (it has been finished by Jill Norman). As revealed in extracts from the earliest writings on the subject, ice, before the days of refrigeration, was an item prized by the mightiest and warmest empires. Though not a cookbook, this encyclopedic treatise on ice won a 1995 Julia Child Cookbook Award for Literary Food Writing, and a Jane Grigson Award.
Ice Harvesting
The ice harvesting process was labor intensive, requiring 20-100 men for one to four weeks. It was necessary first to scrape the snow off ice that was six to thirty inches thick. Then men measured grids on the ice of cutting ice from the river and horses pulled a tool that cut grooves on the grid, usually at 22" x 32" to 44" square. The next step was to cut through the grooves until the blocks broke off and float them down the cleared channel to the chute, where they were hauled up and into the ice house. The Frozen Water Trade : A True Story
The Frozen Water Trade : A True Story
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The idea sounds fanciful: harvest ice in Massachusetts and sell it to people in the tropics. But the nineteenth-century entrepreneur Frederic Tudor was immune to ridicule and single-minded in his conviction that the ice trade could be profitable. He was also right. This entertaining history of his crusade to turn New England into the world's ice-maker shows how the combination of technological innovation and sharp marketing-Tudor trained bartenders to use ice in cocktails in order to illustrate the virtues of cold drinks-created an industry that sold thousands of tons of ice a year to places like India, Cuba, and the American South.
Harvesting Ice
- 1890 Ice Harvest
- 1890 - The One and Only Minnesota Crop Which is Never a Failure
How Ice is Taken from the Lakes and Stored in
Houses. - History of Ice Houses and Harvest
- The ice business of Lake Maxinkuckee
The Modern way to make Ice
Haier HPIM35W Portable/Countertop Ice Maker
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* Volume - 35 pounds per Day
* Electrical Requirement - 120V/60Hz
* Amps - 2.3A
* Temperature Control Type - Electronic
* 3 Ice Cube Sizes
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Electric ice shaver
Hamilton Beach 68010 Snowman Ice Shaver
Amazon Price: $24.88 (as of 12/15/2009)
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* Ice Shaver makes sno-cones and frozen beverages
* 2 molds included for freezing water or juices
* Also uses regular ice cubes
* Sharp blade safely out of harm's way when operating
* Recipes included
Ice Sculpting the Modern Way
Ice Sculpting the Modern Way
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This is "must-have" for serious students, ice artisans, professional chefs and culinary educators interested in the sub-zero art.
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Ice also plays a role in winter recreation.
I remember when the winters were much colder for long periods of time so that the frozen lakes were safer to skate on - I would skate free like the wind on lakes like this photo:
A Girl Ice Skates Across a Frozen Mountain Lake Framed Photographic Print
Quinton, Michael...
45 in. x 32 in.
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Ice also plays a role in winter recreation, in many sports such as ice skating, tour skating, ice hockey, ice fishing, ice climbing, curling, broomball and sled racing on bobsled, luge and skeleton.
Beautiful iceburgs Newfoundland Labrador DVD
DVD Release Date: July 12, 2007
VOYAGES TO NEWFOUNDLAND & FROSTBITE SAILING
Amazon Price: $29.95 (as of 12/15/2009)
Join a flotilla of boats as they battle cold, fog and icebergs to sail to Newfoundland.
Blue Ice Cave, South Island, New Zealand
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- yoga2009 yoga2009 Nov 8, 2009 @ 1:06 am
- It's amazing what sort of ideas one can come up with when on holiday, that can make
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- grannysage grannysage Aug 3, 2009 @ 9:23 pm
- I remember when our little town had an ice house to keep the fish fresh. They cut the ice in the winter on Lake Superior and then buried it in sawdust. I was just a little girl then. Very interesting lens about an unusual subject.
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- LaraineRose LaraineRose Jul 29, 2009 @ 1:03 am
- Will and I went on an Alaskan cruise a couple of years ago. Very beautiful scenery but sad to see the huge glaciers melting too quickly. This is a very educational lens. 5*s from a fellow Senior Squid.
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- kimmanleyort kimmanleyort Jul 26, 2009 @ 11:02 am
- One can learn so much on Squidoo. This was all very interesting. I especially like the Iceberg Sampler. I plan to go to Newfoundland next summer and can't wait to see those icerbergs.
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- Stazjia Stazjia Jul 26, 2009 @ 4:11 am
- I didn't know that sea ice wasn't salty. Very interesting lens.
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Plush Toy Ice Igloo
Igloo with Mini Seal Pup Fuzzy Town Plush
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This is a Mini Ice House Igloo with Seal Pup by Fuzzy Town. The plush igloo holds the plush seal pup who stands approximately 3 inches high. The baby seal pup fits snug right in its plush 5.5 inch tall igloo home.
Stunning "WOW" Blue Ice Photograph
- Iceberg - Upsala Glacier - Argentina
- Blue ice occurs when snow falls on a glacier, is compressed, and becomes part of a glacier. During its travels, all of the air bubbles that are trapped in the ice are squeezed out, and the size of the ice crystals increases, making it clear. The ice is blue for the same reason water is blue. Namely, it is a result of an overtone of a OH molecular stretch in the water which absorbs light at the red end of the visible spectrum.
Ice Index
Blue Ice Calving Along Glacier Front of South Sawyer Glacier, Alaska Framed Art Print
Hopkins, Ralph...
30.625 in. x 24.625 in.
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- "Ice: The Nature, the History, and the Uses of an Astonishing Substance" is a masterpiece of science writing.
- Frozen Oceans: The Floating World of Pack-Ice
- Harvest of the Cold Months: The Social History of Ice and Ices
- Ice Harvesting
- The Frozen Water Trade : A True Story
- Harvesting Ice
- Keeping History Alive
- The Modern way to make Ice
- Electric ice shaver
- Ice Sculpting the Modern Way
- Ice also plays a role in winter recreation.
- Beautiful iceburgs Newfoundland Labrador DVD
- DVD Release Date: July 12, 2007
- Blue Ice Cave, South Island, New Zealand
- Are you a Pagophile?
- Plush Toy Ice Igloo
- Stunning "WOW" Blue Ice Photograph
- More Ice
- New Wikipedia on Ice
- Stars on Ice
- Lake Placid Figure Ice skate
- Search Ice Machines
More Ice
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Cruise North to Alaska
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Three women embarking on a trip of a lifetime - Watch Out Alaska! My sister, AnnaRuth, organized a cruise trip to Alaska to celebrate the first anniversary of my survival of colon cancer. Joining us on this celebration cruise is my Aunt Louise who we...
New Wikipedia on Ice
Category: File - :IceBlockNearJoekullsarlon.jpg|thumb|A natural block of (water) ice
Category: File - :SnowflakesWilsonBentley.jpg|thumb|Snowflakes (ice crystals) by Wilson Bentley, 1902
Ice is a solid phase, usually crystalline, of a non-metallic substance that is liquid or gas at room temperature, such as water, carbon dioxide ice (dry ice), ammonia ice, or methane ice. However, the predominant use of the term ice is for water ice, technically restricted to one of the 15 known crystalline phases of water. In non-scientific contexts, the term usually means ice Ih, which is known to be the most abundant of these solid phases. It can appear transparent or opaque bluish-white colour, depending on the presence of impurities or air inclusions. The addition of other materials such as soil may further alter the appearance.
The most common phase transition to ice Ih occurs when liquid water is cooled below (, ) at standard atmospheric pressure. It can also deposit from vapour with no intervening liquid phase, such as in the formation of frost.
Ice appears in nature in forms as varied as snowflakes, hail, icicles, glaciers, pack ice, and entire polar ice caps. It is an important component of the global climate, and plays an important role of the water cycle. Furthermore, ice has numerous cultural applications, from ice cooling of drinks to winter sports and the art of ice sculpting.
The word is derived from Old English ís, which in turn stems from Proto-Germanic *isaz.
Stars on Ice
Stars on Ice, Vol. 1 - Celebrating 20 Years
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The Stars on Ice Tour has thrilled audiences around the world for the past 20 years. For the first time ever, the most unforgettable performances from the most popular figure skating tour in history have been compiled in this very special series.
Lake Placid Figure Ice skate
Lake Placid Elite Molded Figure Ice Skates - Size 8
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This Lake Placid Figure Ice skate owes its popularity to a unique balance of support and performance. The deluxe molded construction is extremely light, but also incredibly stable due to its practical unibody design. All told a great ice skate for the skater who wants good ankle support without sacrificing speed and control, and phenomonally priced to boot.
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