(1) Formed along the Siberian continent, drift ice travels down to the northern coast of Kushiro in Japan's northern region of Hokkaido.

(2) The thinning drift ice has an significant effect on conditions under the sea, as it is responsible for maintaining the sea temperature and cooling the surrounding water.

(3) However, recently eyewitnesses say drift ice now melts in as little as one week.

(4) I observe drift ice every year, and I notice that the extent of drift ice has not changed much, but it has become thinner.

(5) We see drift ice as a barometer that measures the degree of global warming and we are keeping close watch on the conditions of drift ice.

(6) Without enough drift ice to cool the water and sustain the ecosystem, the fish population has been decreasing.

(7) Relationship for similarity for flow conditions and drift ice movement have also been established in the paper.

(8) The Arctic finally announced itself late the next evening, with a sssshhhhhhhh as the ship slicked through a sea suddenly turned viscous, followed by the first drift ice, thudding against the hull.

(9) Automatically tricking water slides downwards along a filler to a pond, which eliminates the water falling sound and the drift ice phenomenon.

(10) Global warming is beginning to affect the northern Japanese region of Hokkaido, with melting drift ice being one of the more noticeable effects of climate change.

(11) Model test was carried out to study the ice -force acting on the sluice piers and the drift ice -passing capacity of a hydro project.

(12) Toshinori Inoue, head of tourism in Abashiri, says the melting drift ice is an obvious indicator of global warming.

(13) The vessel takes tourists on short excursions to experience the drift ice firsthand, but it's an opportunity that may not last much longer as the temperatures continue to increase.