Brash-ice

Type

Ice

Area of origin

International

Area of use

International

Related terms

Brash

Accumulations of floating ice made up of fragments not more than 2 m across; the wreckage of other forms of ice.

Brash is common between colliding floes or in regions where pressure ridges have collapsed. [http://www.antarctica.gov.au]

Etymology

From brash meaning “an accumulation of broken fragments”, see Brash

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