TAN1802_19022018_SadieMills_greaseiceforming.jpg

The sea is so cold and calm today that ‘grease ice’ is forming when the ship stops to deploy gear, this is the milky-looking substance in the water near the edge of the vessel. It is the precursor to ‘plate ice’ when the sea starts to freeze.

Research Subject: 
Photographer: 
Sadie Mills, NIWA