ice-free
Speech parts
1. ice-free - Adjective
2. ice-free - Adjective Satellite
Meaning
free of ice and open to travel
Source: WordNetSynonyms
Examples
The prediction that glaciers will be gone from Glacier National Park has been moved up by 10 years to 2020, the same year it's predicted the Arctic Sea will be ice-free in the summer.
The North Pole will be ice-free during summer in years to come, and that itself will put the Arctic Sea basin on a very high risk of... environmental disasters that might be there.
Some studies suggest that the Arctic Ocean may be ice-free by the end of the century.
These figures are fresh. Some of the models suggest to Dr. [Wieslav] Maslowski that there is a 75 per cent chance that the entire north polar ice cap, during the summer months, could be completely ice-free within five to seven years.
an ice-free channel in the river
Because of the cloudy weather and the ice-free water surrounding Torshavn, its winter temperatures are exceptionally mild for such a northerly location.