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Fan trace - an arrangement for harnessing
sledge dogs
Fast ice
- a solid sheet of
sea ice
attached to either land ice or shore
Featherbed
- A quaking bog on raised beach terraces of
Macquarie Island
; hazardous
Fin whale
-
Balaenoptera physalus -
a member of the baleen whale suborder
Fire prevention
Fish
Fixed ice - see
fast ice
Flense/flench/flensing - to remove the blubber from a seal or whale in order to extract the oil
Floe
- a piece of free-floating
sea ice
, which can vary in size enormously
Flora
Flying Birds
Food
Frazil ice
- the first stage of sea-ice growth
Frostbite
- damage to skin and flesh caused by freezing, which can lead to amputation of fingers and/or toes
Fur seal
- any seal of the genus
Arctocephalus,
especially
Antarctic fur seal
,
Arctocephalus gazella
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[Last Updated 07/09/2009]