ice·bound

[ahys-bound]
adjective
1.
held fast or hemmed in by ice; frozen in: an icebound ship.
2.
obstructed or shut off by ice: an icebound harbor.

Origin:
1650–60; ice + -bound1

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icebound (ˈaɪsˌbaʊnd) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
adj
covered or made immobile by ice; frozen in: an icebound ship

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Example sentences
Whales such as the bowhead, the only baleen whale with a range restricted to
  the icebound seas, thrive on the zooplankton.
Back then, it was the only tourist vessel exploring the rugged icebound edges
  of the southernmost continent.
Icebreakers free a drilling vessel from its icebound berth.
Ringed seal densities and noise near an icebound artificial island with
  construction and drilling.
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