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 Translation for 'polynya' from English to French
NOUN   a polynya | polynyas
géol.
polynie {f}
polynya
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Translation for 'polynya' from English to French

polynya
polynie {f}géol.
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Usage Examples English
  • A polynya forms in Cardigan Strait most winters, used by wintering Bearded and Ringed seals, polar bears, and walrus. It's also frequented in the early portion of the breeding season by seabirds.
  • Beluga whales often accompany bowhead whales, for curiosity and to secure polynya feasibility to breathe as bowheads are capable of breaking through ice from underwater by headbutting.
  • The first ice that forms in a polynya are loose ice crystals called frazil ice.
  • The flow of icebergs from the calved glacier tongue has reduced the effectiveness of the polynya west of Mertz Glacier that acted as one of Antarctica's major areas for the formation of dense Antarctic Bottom Water.
  • The floating ice tongue itself is a significant factor contributing to the frequent formation of the Terra Nova Bay polynya.

  • The presence of open water in an otherwise ice-covered area can result in a localized marine algal bloom, also referred to as a polynya bloom.
  • A polynya forms at the foot of the steep cliffs of Mallemuk Mountain so that there is sometimes open water in that area, even in the winter.
  • She was deputy voyage leader for a 2013 expedition to the Mertz polynya region in East Antarctica.
  • At Mallemuk Mountain in SE Holm Land the coastal ice of the Dijmphna Sound gave way to a polynya and, as the sleds tried to find a way around the open water, the first supporting party returned to Danmarkshavn.
  • "Leeuwenhoekiella polynyae" is a Gram-negative, rod-shaped, strictly aerobic and motile bacterium from the genus of Leeuwenhoekiella which has been isolated from water from the polynya in the Antarctic Ocean.

  • The waters around the islands are part of the North East Water polynya, a seasonal area of open water surrounded by ice.
  • in summer, it is the largest polynya of the Canadian Arctic and covers the Smith Sound between the Ellesmere Island and Greenland.
  • Present-day Inuit communities in Canada (Nunavut) and Avanersuaq (Greenland) rely on the polynya's concentration of marine mammals to sustain their traditional way of life.
  • Often, a polynya forms in the Cardigan Strait, a waterway that separates the cape from North Kent Island.
  • Polynia also polynya, polynia (Russian: полынья́; [...]) A non-linear area of open water surrounded by sea ice; especially referring to areas of sea in the Arctic and Antarctic regions that remain unfrozen for much of the year.

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