English-Danish translations for ice cap

• iskappe
  Det har dog talrige og drastiske konsekvenser, at den arktiske iskappe smelter. However, the melting of the Arctic ice cap has numerous, drastic consequences.
  Iskapper forsvinder, havoverfladen stiger, og der er snart ingen vej tilbage. Ice caps are melting, sea levels are rising and we will soon reach the point of no return.
  Iskapper er blevet mindre på Mars, men der er jo ingen, der forestiller sig, at det skyldes industrielle emissioner eller firehjulstrækkere. Ice caps have shrunk on Mars, yet nobody imagines that industrial emissions or 4x4s are to blame.

Definition of ice cap

• A permanent expanse of ice encompassing a large geographical area, e.g. in Earth's polar zones or at high elevation
• An ice pack designed to be worn on the head

Examples

• The ocean beneath the arctic ice cap hosts many unique organisms adapted to the cold and shortage of light.
• The ice cap of Kilimanjaro is shrinking, and some researchers believe it will disappear within the next one hundred years.

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