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| ice-pressure Ice movement, e.g. due to wind pressing the ice toward a shore. |
Moderate movement: isskjutning Severe movement: isskruvning |
jääsiirtymä jään ahtauma |
ijs-opstuwing |
| pressure ridge Formed when the ice warms up and expands, and it has nowhere to go but up or down. Usually it goes up and makes a ridge, but sometimes it gets pushed underwater instead. Either way it's a dangerous spot for skaters. |
råk, vråk Going up: uppåtråk Going down: nedåtråk |
railo ahtorailo ylös ahtorailo alas |
wak |
| ?? Ice on a pressure ridge going downwards. |
"frusen nedåtråk" | jäätynyt railo | kistwerk |
| ?? High ridge with pack-ice |
packisvall | ?? | rand van pakijs |
| fissure, crack Dangerous if your skate gets caught in a crack. The skate can get stuck and during the fall you can break your leg. |
spricka | halkeama | scheur |
| ?? Fissures in the ice formed from waves in the ice. Appears sometimes near the ice edge towards open water. |
sving | jäälaine | ?? |
| ice edge The ice border to open water. |
iskant | jääreuna | ijsrand |
| ?? Ice edge towards open water covered with ice formed from water from wavesplashes. Becomes good skating area when there is snow on the ice. |
svallkant | paannereuna | ?? |
| floe, ice floe A big piece of ice, e.g. floating in water. |
isflak | jäälautta | schotsen |
| ?? Slightly higher lying ice along the shore, usually 2-3 meter wide. Sometimes the only skateable part of a watermass. |
landkall | rantajää | landstrook |
| ?? Open water between two ice areas. |
råk | railo | rak |
| ?? General word for opening in the ice, e.g. after someone as sawed and taken up ice. |
vak | avanto | wak |
| drain hole, octopus hole Hole in the ice formed from water running from the ice. |
slukhål | valumareikä | watergat |
| ?? Hole in ice formed from currents under the ice. |
fräthål (ruttet) fräthål (strömm) |
syöpymä virta-avanto |
stroomgat |
| wind opening Hole in the ice formed by wind keeping it open. |
vindbrunn | tuuliavinto | windwak |