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Ice core chronology

Ice core chronology is the dating framework assigning an age to every depth in a drilled ice core, built by layer counting, ice-flow models, and stratigraphy.

Ice Cover

Ice cover: ice on oceans, lakes, rivers, and land (sea ice, freshwater ice, ice sheets). Sea ice covers ~9% of oceans; Arctic ice has thinned and shrunk sharply since 1979.

Ice cover dynamics

Ice cover dynamics is the study of the seasonal cycle of freezing, thickening, and thawing on lakes, summarized by ice phenology and used to track climate change.

Ice cream

Ice cream: frozen, aerated dessert of dairy fat, sugar and ice, legally defined in the US at 10% milkfat; ancient origins, industrialized after 1851 (Fussell) and 1926 continuous freezer.

Ice Cream (Blackpink and Selena Gomez song)

"Ice Cream" by BLACKPINK and Selena Gomez: dance-pop pre-release single from The Album, released August 28, 2020 on YG/Interscope, produced by Teddy; Hot 100 debut at No. 13, Canadian Platinum, 1 billion YouTube views in 2026.

Ice cream cone

Ice cream cone: edible wafer or waffle container for ice cream, popularized at the 1904 St. Louis World's Fair. Types include waffle, sugar, and cake cones; earlier patents by Valvona (1902) and Marchiony (1903).

Ice cream float

Ice cream float (also ice cream soda, spider): a scoop of ice cream, usually vanilla, in a fizzy soft drink such as root beer or cola. Credited to Robert M. Green, Philadelphia, 1874; foam comes from soda carbon dioxide stabilized by dairy proteins and fat.

Ice Cream Man (2026 film)

Ice Cream Man (2026) is Eli Roth's horror-comedy, co-written with Noah Belson, starring Ari Millen as a vendor whose treats turn children into killers. Released August 7, 2026; unrelated to the 1995 film; 25% on Rotten Tomatoes.

Ice cream sandwich

An ice cream sandwich is a frozen dessert of ice cream between two baked goods, usually thin chocolate wafers, born as late 19th century New York street food.

Ice cream van

An ice cream van, in North America an ice cream truck, is a motor vehicle with freezers or soft-serve machines that sells frozen treats in streets and neighborhoods.

Ice cube

An ice cube is a small, roughly cuboid piece of frozen water, made in a household tray or automatic ice maker and used chiefly to chill drinks.

Ice Cube

Ice Cube (O'Shea Jackson, born 1969, South Central Los Angeles) is an American rapper, actor, and filmmaker, a founding N.W.A member, solo platinum artist, star of Friday and Barbershop, and BIG3 co-founder.

Ice dam

An ice dam is a ridge of ice, often with icicles, that forms at a roof's eaves when meltwater refreezes, backing water up under the roofing into the building.

Ice dance

Ice dance: a figure skating discipline for couples emphasizing rhythm, musicality, and footwork over jumps. Olympic medal event since Innsbruck 1976; world championship event since 1952; scored under the ISU judging system with Rhythm Dance and Free Dance programs.

Ice Energy

Ice Energy is an American energy storage company founded in 2003, known for the Ice Bear, which makes ice overnight to cool buildings without running the AC compressor.

Ice floe

An ice floe is a flat piece of sea ice 65 feet (20 m) or more across that floats freely, drifting with winds and currents in the polar pack.

Ice giant

An ice giant is a giant planet composed mainly of water, ammonia, and methane rather than hydrogen and helium; Uranus and Neptune are the Solar System's two members.

Ice Harbor Dam

Ice Harbor Dam is a hydroelectric and navigation dam on the lower Snake River in southeast Washington, the first and furthest downriver of the four lower Snake River dams.

Ice hockey

Ice hockey is a team game on skates in which two sides use sticks to shoot a rubber puck into the opposing net, first organized in Montreal in 1875.

Ice hockey at the 1980 Winter Olympics

The men's ice hockey tournament at the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, won by the United States and famous for the "Miracle on Ice".

Ice hockey at the 2010 Winter Olympics – Men's tournament

Ice hockey at the 2010 Winter Olympics men's tournament, Vancouver 2010 Olympic men's hockey: 12-team IIHF event on NHL-sized ice; Canada beat USA 3-2 in overtime on Sidney Crosby's golden goal for Canada's 8th men's gold.

Ice hockey at the 2014 Winter Olympics – Men's tournament

Ice hockey at the 2014 Winter Olympics men's tournament (Sochi): 12 teams, 12–23 February 2014, Bolshoy Ice Dome and Shayba Arena; Canada beat Sweden 3–0 for gold, Finland took bronze, last NHL-player Olympics until 2026.

Ice hockey at the 2018 Winter Olympics

Ice hockey at PyeongChang 2018: first men's Olympic tournament without NHL players since 1994; OAR won men's gold on Kirill Kaprizov's OT goal, Germany took silver, US women beat Canada in a shootout for gold.

Ice hockey at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Men's tournament

Ice hockey at the 2018 Winter Olympics men's tournament: 12 teams in Gangneung, 14–25 February 2018, without NHL players. Olympic Athletes from Russia (OAR) beat Germany 4–3 in overtime for gold; Canada took bronze.

Ice hockey at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Women's tournament

Women's ice hockey tournament, PyeongChang 2018 Olympics; eight teams; United States won gold, beating Canada 3-2 in a six-round shootout, ending Canada's 24-game Olympic win streak; Finland took bronze.

Ice hockey at the 2022 Winter Olympics

Ice hockey at the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics: 12-team men's and 10-team women's tournaments, 3–20 February 2022, without NHL players after the league's COVID-19 withdrawal. Finland beat ROC 2-1 for its first men's gold; Slovakia took bronze.

Ice hockey at the 2022 Winter Olympics – Men's tournament

Men's ice hockey at Beijing 2022 (Olympic men's tournament): 12-team IIHF competition, 9-20 February 2022, held without NHL players after their December 2021 withdrawal; Finland won gold, ROC silver, Slovakia bronze.

Ice hockey at the 2022 Winter Olympics – Women's tournament

Women's ice hockey at Beijing 2022 (3–17 February), first ten-team Olympic women's tournament; Canada beat the United States 3-2 for its fifth gold, Finland took bronze, Poulin scored in a fourth straight final.

Ice hockey at the 2026 Winter Olympics – Men's team rosters

Men's ice hockey rosters for Milano Cortina 2026: 12 nations, 25-man squads (14 F, 8 D, 3 G), first NHL players since 2014; all rosters announced 20 January 2026; USA won gold over Canada.

Ice hockey at the 2026 Winter Olympics – Men's tournament

Men's ice hockey at Milano Cortina 2026: 12-team Olympic tournament, Feb 11-22, 2026, in Milan with NHL players back since 2014. United States won gold, Finland bronze, Canada silver.