arctic ice

The north-polar region consists of an ice cap without any underlying land. The area of ice varies according to season and is also decreasing progressively owing to global warming. In 2012 the area of ice in summer was about half what it was thirty years before, and its volume was about a quarter.



This definition is abridged from A – Z of tree terms: A companion to British arboriculture.
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