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What famous explorer and famous ship were trapped in the ice floes of antarctica?
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The famous explorer was Ernest H Shackleton and his ship was called the discovery
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What do penguins sleep on in the antarctica?
Penguins sleep on ice, either on Antarctica's beaches where they breed, or on ice floes in open water.
What is the homophone for floes?
The homophone for "floes" is "flows."
Where do penguins live in Antarctica?
No penguins 'live' in Antarctica.Penguins come to the Antarctic continent to breed, lay eggs and raise their young to survival age.Once their season is complete, the penguins return to the sea, where they live in the water and on ice floes.
What is the homophone for the word floes?
flows
Use the word floes in a sentence?
These are pieces of ice, as in iceberg. Here are some sentences.The floes broke away from the iceberg and floated out to sea.Ice floes are good resting places for penguins and seals.The ice floe drifted into the path of a passing ship.
Can you give me a homophone for the word floes?
flows
What season do ice floes start?
winter
How many species of mammals live in Antarctica?
None.No animals are native to or live in Antarctica, although humans do go there to work in the pursuit of science.Some sea animals, such as penguins and seals, come to the Antarctic continent to lay eggs, birth their pups and raise their young until survival age. Otherwise, these animals make their homes in the sea or on ice floes.
Why is there no rivers in Antarctica?
Ninety-eight percent of the Antarctic continent is covered with an ice sheet. There are no rivers on the continent of flowing water. There are, however, ice floes, which can be described as ice rivers that flow on top of the ice sheet. Their movement can be measured in a few feet or a few meters per day.
What is another name for sea ice?
floes and floe ice
What are ice floes?
Ice floes are frozen masses of seawater (saltwater) that float on the surface of the sea. The term is applied to any relatively flat piece of sea ice that is free moving.
What are sheets of ice that have moved out over the sea called?
Ice floes.
