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drift ice

sea ice that is not attached to land but rather moves on the sea surface in response to wind and ocean currents
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drift ice

Summary

drift ice is an ice floe[1]. It draws 314 Wikipedia views per month (ice_floe category, ranking #1 of 2).[2]

Key Facts

  • drift ice's instance of is recorded as ice floe[3].
  • drift ice is a type of ice cover[4].
  • drift ice's Commons category is recorded as Floating ice[5].
  • drift ice's described by source is recorded as Antarctica: The Melting Continent[6].
  • drift ice's different from is recorded as fast ice[7].
  • drift ice's different from is recorded as ice shelf[8].

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Definition and Type

drift ice's instance of is recorded as ice floe[3]. It is a type of ice cover[4].

Why It Matters

drift ice draws 314 Wikipedia views per month (ice_floe category, ranking #1 of 2).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[9] It is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.[10]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [9] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [10] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 5w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → ice floe
    Subclass of → —
    Aliases → —
    Subclass of → ice cover
    + 3 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|2 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007565755505171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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