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<div class="definition"><div class="short_definition">(<br/>''Also called'' ice clearing.) A Russian term meaning an area of open water, possibly containing  some thin ice, within the [[ice pack]].</div><br/> <div class="paragraph">A polyn'ya is distinguished from a [[lead]] by being a broad opening rather than a long, narrow  fracture.</div><br/> </div>
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<div class="definition"><div class="short_definition">(''Also called'' ice clearing.) A Russian term meaning an area of open water, possibly containing  some thin ice, within the [[ice pack]].</div><br/> <div class="paragraph">A polyn'ya is distinguished from a [[lead]] by being a broad opening rather than a long, narrow  fracture.</div><br/> </div>
 
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Latest revision as of 15:52, 20 February 2012



polyn'ya

(Also called ice clearing.) A Russian term meaning an area of open water, possibly containing some thin ice, within the ice pack.

A polyn'ya is distinguished from a lead by being a broad opening rather than a long, narrow fracture.


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