► noun
a bright appearance of the sky caused by reflection from a distant ice sheet.
From The Adventures of Captain Hatteras by Jules Verne:
'The master signalled the first sight of the iceblink; it was about 20 miles to the N.N.W. This glaring white strip was brilliantly lighted up, in spite of the presence of the thick clouds in the neighbouring parts of the sky. Experienced people on board could make no mistake about this phenomenon, and declared, from its whiteness, that the blink was owing to a large ice-field, situated at about 30 miles out of sight, and that it proceeded from the reflection of luminous rays.'
'The weather cleared up, and the eye could sweep over the white plains in the distance, which the reflection of the sun's rays rendered dazzling.'
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