Image by Stan G. Webb - In Retirement filming above my home on the Tsleil-Waututh Nation And Me© Above, and Below, under Antarctica's Ice |
A brinicle (brine icicle, also known as ice stalactite) details below.
https://youtu.be/BtQhb8sWJNw [10:11 minutes]
Brinicle - Wikipedia
A brinicle (brine icicle, also known as ice stalactite) is a downward-growing hollow tube of ice enclosing a plume of descending brine that is formed beneath developing sea ice
As seawater freezes in the polar ocean, salt brine concentrates are expelled from the sea ice creating a downward flow of dense, extremely cold, and saline water, with a lower freezing point than the surrounding water. When this plume comes into contact with the neighboring ocean water, its extremely cold temperature causes ice to instantly form around the flow. This creates a hollow stalactite, or icicle, referred to as a brinicle.
By: BBC Earth
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