Still Waters Posted May 10, 2017 #1 Share Posted May 10, 2017 An autumn voyage to the heart of an Antarctic polynya has rewarded expeditioners on a US icebreaker, including IMAS researcher Dr Guy Williams, with a glimpse of a rarely seen type of sea ice. The sighting of “Dragon-skin” ice was an early highlight of an ongoing voyage to the Ross Sea by the Nathan B Palmer that began in early April, well after most Antarctic expeditioners have departed for warmer climes. “Dragon-skin ice is very rare, bizarre, evidence of a darker chaos in the cryospheric realm, not seen in Antarctica since 2007,” Dr Williams said. http://www.imas.utas.edu.au/news/news-items/autumn-voyage-to-an-antarctic-polynya-sights-rare-dragon-skin-ice Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UHAToXkNRX4&feature=youtu.be 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taniwha Posted May 10, 2017 #2 Share Posted May 10, 2017 I never new Dragon skin looked like that. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DebDandelion Posted May 11, 2017 #3 Share Posted May 11, 2017 Beautiful and very informative. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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