ice cap
noun
1
: a cover of perennial ice and snow
specifically
: a glacier forming on an extensive area of relatively level land and flowing outward from its center
2
: an ice bag shaped to the head
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The European Space Agency’s Jupiter Ice Explorer is a spacecraft that will be used to explore Jupiter’s ice caps.
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Shigeyuki Hando, WIRED, 8 Jan. 2025
The second was freshwater lakes buried under glaciers or polar ice caps, which might exist under Mars' southern ice cap.
—Paul Sutter, Space.com, 1 Jan. 2025
As ocean waters warm and ice caps melt, the salinity levels in polar waters are decreasing, meaning less water could flow over the cataract.
—Monica Cull, Discover Magazine, 31 Dec. 2024
That is increasingly important as climate change leads to warmer temperatures and rapidly melting ice caps and glaciers.
—Manuela López Restrepo, NPR, 20 Dec. 2024
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Shigeyuki Hando, WIRED, 8 Jan. 2025
The second was freshwater lakes buried under glaciers or polar ice caps, which might exist under Mars' southern ice cap.
—Paul Sutter, Space.com, 1 Jan. 2025
As ocean waters warm and ice caps melt, the salinity levels in polar waters are decreasing, meaning less water could flow over the cataract.
—Monica Cull, Discover Magazine, 31 Dec. 2024
That is increasingly important as climate change leads to warmer temperatures and rapidly melting ice caps and glaciers.
—Manuela López Restrepo, NPR, 20 Dec. 2024
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“Ice cap.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ice%20cap. Accessed 23 Jan. 2025.
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