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This image taken by the AWI’s ROV shows why platelet ice is deserving of its name. It consists of delicate ice wafers, measuring up to 20 centimetres long, which form loose clouds. Photo: BEAST / AWI sea-ice group / Alfred Wegener Institute
This image taken by the AWI’s ROV shows why platelet ice is deserving of its name. It consists of delicate ice wafers, measuring up to 20 centimetres long, which form loose clouds. Photo: BEAST / AWI sea-ice group / Alfred Wegener Institute

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