DCHP-1 Online
ice-master 
n. an experienced seaman who cons a ship through sea ice.
See also: ice-pilot
- 1853 . . . the ice-masters carefully looked out for a lane, and we succeeded, about a mile and a half to the eastward, in getting into a fine opening, which gave every prospect of leading us into open water.
- 1921 Captain Bishop was . . . a skilled ice-master, and a navigator of rare good judgment.
- 1853 . . . the ice-masters carefully looked out for a lane, and we succeeded, about a mile and a half to the eastward, in getting into a fine opening, which gave every prospect of leading us into open water.