n. 1. (Placename) a republic in West Africa, on the Atlantic: established as the colony of French Guinea in 1890 and became an independent republic in 1958. Official language: French. Religion: Muslim majority and animist.
Definition of ice pack for English Language Learners. : 1  a container or bag filled with ice that is used to cool part of your body. : 2  a large area of ice on the ocean formed from pieces and sheets of ice that have been pushed together by wind and waves.
SOTC: Ice Shelves. An ice shelf is a thick slab of ice, attached to a coastline and extending out over the ocean as a seaward extension of the grounded ice sheet. Ice shelves range in thickness from about 50 to 600 meters, and some shelves persist for thousands of years. They fringe the continent of Antarctica, and occupy a few fjords and bays along the Greenland and Ellesmere Island coasts.