tidal sea ice

there is a tiny shallow cove called sildahølet that is very popular in the summer for the youngest children

but when there is a cold spell below -10C and wind from the north it freezes

creating fantastical designs around the stones that are only partially submerged

in the rising and ebbing of the tides. the ice forms continually so as the tide ebbs the ice is pressed into thin vertical sheets surrounding the stones

and becomes strangely wavy between them

each of the ice formations is unique

this stone barely sticks above surface level during high tide

though this is sea ice the salinity is rather low so the ice is strong and safe enough to walk on

but it is slippery and far from flat

today nobody is diving from the platform on the peninsula

the far side of the mouth of the cove with open water outside and ice inside

the island with the lighthouse is about 1 km out to sea and forms the outer side of the sound, protecting these waters from the rough Skagerrak seas. the cove really is tiny and with the narrow mouth there is minimal wave action to disturb the ice