Crossword Clue:

the act of floating

Answer	Crossword Clue
EGGS	The makings of floating island.
OCEAN	Arctic ... (where the amount of floating ice has decreased in recent years)
THOMAS	Musician Dolby who returned in 2011 with "A Map of the Floating City"

TUBING	Floating down the river
AWASH	Floating in the water.
AWASH	Floating on the water.
NATANT	Floating on the surface
ALOFT	Floating above the rooftops
ASEA	Floating on the Atlantic
ASEA	Floating on the Pacific
THREEMENINATUBE	Trio floating down the river?

ALOFT	Floating high in the sky
APORT	Toward the left, when floating
PLANKTON	Floating organism in the sea
ASEA	Floating on the Aegean, e.g.
NATANT	Floating in the pool, e.g.
BERG	Floating mass in the North Atlantic
SUDD	Floating vegetable matter on the White Nile.
ASTERNAL	Unattached to the breastbone, as the floating ribs.

FIREBOAT	Vessel that pumps the water it's floating in
BLACKSTONE	"The Great" magician whose signature trick was the "floating light bulb"