first-year ice
floating ice of no more than one year's growth developing from young ice; thickness from 0.3 to 2 meters (1 to 6.6 feet); characteristically level where undisturbed by pressure, but where ridges occur, they are rough and sharply angular.
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Ted Maksym, United States Naval Academy
Topic(s):
sea ice

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