Sea Ice Formation Vocabulary

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noun A downward-growing, hollow tube of ice found in polar seas, formed by the release of cold, saline water from sea ice

  • A brinicle is a downward-growing hollow tube of ice enclosing a column of brine that forms beneath sea ice.
  • Watch out for the brinicle forming under the ice, it's like an underwater icicle!
  • I can't believe how cool that brinicle looks, like nature's own ice sculpture!
  • The silence in the room was so cold, it felt like a brinicle had formed between us.