shelf ice

ice forming part of or broken from an ice shelf.

Origin of shelf ice

First recorded in 1910–15

At a distance, large bergs would be undistinguishable from shelf-ice, appearances of which were reported above.

The Home of the Blizzard |Douglas Mawson
Wild, Harrison and Hoadley went to examine the shelf-ice with a view to its suitability for a wintering station.

The Home of the Blizzard |Douglas Mawson
In all, thirty-six tons of stores were raised on to the shelf-ice, one hundred feet above sea-level, in four days.

The Home of the Blizzard |Douglas Mawson
Thus the northern face crumbles down into brash or floats away as part of a berg severed from the main body of the shelf-ice.

The Home of the Blizzard |Douglas Mawson

The highest point was fifty feet above the level of the top of the shelf-ice.

The Home of the Blizzard |Douglas Mawson

shelf ice

a less common term for ice shelf

shelf ice

An extension of glacial ice into coastal waters that is in contact with the bottom near the shore but not toward the outer edge of the shelf.