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See 1918 quote.

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1918

Then there is the clearer, heavy Arctic ice, with here and there huge icebergs frozen in; and again the smoother, whiter variety known as "whelping ice"--that is the Arctic shore ice, born probably in Labrador, on which the seals give birth to their pups.

1958

The sailing vessels always left some days ahead of the steamers, as the former found it hard going through the ice; even so it was the 17th of March before the Elsie got into the "whelping ice" and "struck the fat."