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Sea ice
stalactites are hollow, tapering structures up to several feet long. As
ice forms from seawater, the salts are left as a brine solution. This
dense, chilled brine drains down from the sea ice ceiling, entering the
near-freezing seawater below. Ice forms around this draining, flowing
brine, forming a hollow ice stalactite. I could often see the denser
brine water draining from the tips of these stalactites.
--Norbert Wu
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