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Originally appearing in Volume V10, Page 525 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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FLOE (of uncertain derivation; cf. Norse flo, layer, level
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plain)  , a
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sheet of floating
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ice detached from the
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main
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body of polar ice . It is of less extent than the
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field of "
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pack " ice, which is a compacted
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mass of greater
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depth drifting frequently under the
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influence of deep currents, while the floating
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floe is driven by the
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wind .

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