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fast ice 
See 1958 quote.
See also: fast
- 1853 (1892) Step by step, as the year advances, its outer edge breaks off; yet its inner curve frequently remains unbroken through the entire summer. This is the "fast ice" of the whalers, so important to their progress in the earlier portions of the season; for, however it may be encroached upon by storms or currents, they can generally find room to track their vessels along its solid margin. . . .
- 1958 Fast Ice--All types of ice, either broken or unbroken, attached to the shore, beached, stranded in shoal water or attached to the bottom of shoal areas.
- 1853 (1892) Step by step, as the year advances, its outer edge breaks off; yet its inner curve frequently remains unbroken through the entire summer. This is the "fast ice" of the whalers, so important to their progress in the earlier portions of the season; for, however it may be encroached upon by storms or currents, they can generally find room to track their vessels along its solid margin. . . .