Scientists Capture footage of Rare 'Dragon-Skin' Ice on Antarctic Expedition

A scientist from the University of Tasmania has captured rare footage of ‘dragon-skin’ ice on an expedition to the Antarctic.Institute of Marine and Antarctic Studies (IMAS) researcher Guy Williams’ drone video shows the rippled edges of the sea ice, which were formed by hurricane force winds. Williams witnessed the icy phenomenon on an expedition to the Ross Sea in western Antarctica.“Dragon-skin ice is very rare, bizarre, evidence of a darker chaos in the cryospheric realm, not seen in Antarctica since 2007,” Dr Williams said in a statement published by the IMAS.The scientists from the PIPERS expedition have braved 75 mph winds to study weather conditions and how ice forms during the Antarctic winter.