The 'brinicle' reaches the ocean floor... and some unlucky starfish
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DON’T KNOW WHAT a “brinicle” is? Let BBC Nature enlighten you.
This amazing timelapse video shows brinewater from sea ice making its way to the depths of the ocean at the Antartic, freezing into a giant column of ice on its way. When the ‘brinicle’ touches the ocean floor, it traps any living thing it touches in a tomb of ice. Frightening stuff if you live on the bottom of the ocean…
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