Drift ice

Drift, also called ice drifting, is ice floating on rivers, lakes or oceans. In rivers forms on the river bottom ground ice that rises and is transported with the flow downstream. In the open ocean drifting icebergs that are separating from glaciers and ice sheets, and ice floes beginning of the ice cover of the Arctic Ocean its drift with the cold ocean currents. In addition to the East Greenland Current and the Labrador Current is one of these currents, the equatorward ship ice in areas of low width. The area penetrate to the ice in the direction of the equator is referred to as " drift ice ". For the navigation is the drift represents a great danger as it is, especially in the busy North Atlantic in the form of icebergs during the months of April to August abundant. In special cards so the drift ice is recorded monthly.