Ice floes are frozen masses of seawater (saltwater) that float on the surface of the sea. The term is applied to any relatively flat piece of sea ice that is free moving.
These are pieces of ice, as in iceberg. Here are some sentences. The floes broke away from the iceberg and floated out to sea. Ice floes are good resting places for penguins and seals. The ice floe...
When sea water freezes, the salt is left behind (this is called brine rejection), so ice floes and icebergs are generally composed of fresh water. There have been various schemes to tow icebergs to...
