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fast ice
(English) Ice which is held in position by contact with or attachment to the shore bottom. It is called ice foot if frozen to the shore, shore ice if cast onto the shore or beached, stranded ice if grounded, and bottom ice if frozen to the bottom. Ice which is not in contact with or attached to the shore or bottom is called floating ice (coastal ice, coast ice, landfast ice).

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