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MANICE Chapter 1: General Terminology

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Photo 1.1: Fast ice forming in harbour

 

1.1: Floating Ice
1.2: Stages of Development of Sea Ice
1.3: Stages of Development of Lake Ice
1.4: River Ice
1.5: Ice of Land Origin
1.6: Forms of Ice
1.7: Arrangement of the Ice
1.8: Ice Surface Features
1.9: Stages of Melting
1.10: Terms Related to Navigation

 

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