Ice fields on which bases are established (8)

I believe the answer is:
diamonds
This might be a double definition.
'ice' is the first definition.
'fields on which bases are established' is the second definition.
'diamonds' can be an answer for 'fields' (diamond is a kind of field). I am unsure of the rest of the definition.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for diamonds that I've seen before include "cutters" , "Jewels known as a girl's best friend" , "Components of ring" , "Pieces of the hardest known mineral" , "where some Americans find sporting action" .)
