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What is the meaning of "hugging the ice edge "?

What is the meaning of "hugging the ice edge "?-example-1
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Hugging the ice edge means that the Bismarck and the Prinz Eugen were sailing very close to the edge of the Arctic ice pack, keeping it between them and their pursuers in order to make it more difficult for them to be detected.

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