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Cake ice

By Samantha Lake / 18/04/2024
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Commonly used in Antarctica to refer to a collection of ice cakes. This should not be confused with pancake ice. Cake ice is older and thicker than pancake ice. Flat pieces of sea ice larger than brash. Cake ice is often tightly packed, giving it a mosaic appearance, but its surface is generally smooth in contrast to rough, hummocked pressure ice.

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