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palæocrystic, a.|ˌpæliːəʊˈkrɪstɪk, ˌpeɪ-|
Also (chiefly U.S.) paleo-.
[f. palæo-, paleo- + Gr. κρύστ(αλλος ice, κρυστ(αίν-εσθαι to freeze + -ic. The name was given by Capt. Nares during the Arctic expedition of 1875–6.]
Consisting of ancient ice; applied to those parts of the polar seas which are believed to have remained frozen from remote ages.
1876Petermann in Academy 16 Dec. 585/3 From Smith Sound to Behring Strait, the region of the Palaeocrystic Sea, our knowledge is entirely due to British enterprise and perseverance. 1876― in Athenæum 16 Dec. 804/1 Baffin Bay..can receive but little of the palaeocrystic ice. 1878A. H. Markham Gt. Frozen Sea xvi. 200 After some discussion, Captain Nares decided upon calling the frozen sea, on the southern border of which we were wintering, the ‘Palæo⁓crystic Sea’, the name being derived from the two Greek words παλαιός ancient, and κρύσταλλος ice. |