Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 03/22/2012 - 13:00

Hi it is danielle from period 4, I believe the circles are formed because the salt in the sea ice is clustered together. This making any shape such as a circle.

John Wood

Thanks for the answer. The salt does have something to do with the way the ice freezes, but the round shape of the ice is because the pieces hit against each other and knock off all the rough edges. Kind of like a stone that gets all rounded off by rolling in a river.Thanks,
Mr. Wood