Definition of Polynia. Meaning of Polynia. Synonyms of Polynia

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Definition of Polynia

Polynia
Polynia Po*lyn"i*a, n. [Russ. poluineia a warm place in water, i. e., a place which does not freeze.] The open sea supposed to surround the north pole. --Kane.

Meaning of Polynia from wikipedia

- A polynya (/pəˈlɪnjə/) is an area of open water surrounded by sea ice. It is now used as a geographical term for an area of unfrozen seawater within otherwise...
- Polynya may also refer to: Polynia (ship), a ship crushed in sea ice in 1891 and commemorated in the song Old Polina Polynia Island, an island in Canada...
- North Water polynia in June 1975, Coburg Island and Ellesmere Island in the background...
- is most likely based on the ship Polynia, built in 1861, of the Dundee Seal and Whale Fishing Company fleet. Polynia was commanded by Captain William...
- Explosion contains the following stories: "Three Moments of an Explosion" "Polynia" "The Condition of New Death" "The Dowager of Bees" "In the Slopes" "The...
- subsoil, typically found in regions with a subpolar climate. Polynia also polynya, polynia (Russian: полынья́; [pəlɨˈnʲja]) A non-linear area of open water...
- relief ship Bear. In 1891, the ship came to the rescue of the crew of Polynia when it was crushed in sea ice. In 1910, it was bought by Douglas Mawson's...
- sea surrounding the Kamennye Islands is covered with pack ice with some polynias in the winter and there are many ice floes even in the summer, so that...
- progress was difficult because of the cracks in the ice, the numerous polynias and the abundance of ridges which made progress slow. After a long and...
- 2006 at the Wayback Machine J. Zeeberg. Into the Ice Sea. Sea ice and polynias in the Kara Sea: [1] & [2] Marine pollution in the Kara Sea: [3] Ecological...