[ adj ] locked in by ice <adj.all> icebound harbors
Icebound \Ice"bound`\, a. Totally surrounded with ice, so as to be incapable of advancing; as, an icebound vessel; also, surrounded by or fringed with ice so as to hinder easy access; as, an icebound coast.
The California gray whales, freed from nearly three weeks confinement in their icebound breathing hole off Point Barrow, moved closer to open water via man-made breathing holes and channels cut in the ice by the Soviet ships.
Eight of the icebound ships were trying to reach gulf ports while the other 10 were trying to get through the Cabot Strait to the open Atlantic.