Pancake ice is a form of sea ice that consists of round pieces of ice with diameters ranging from 30cm to 3m and thicknesses up to 10cm, depending on the local conditions.It forms as a result of wave action on slush or ice rind.Pancake ice features elevated rims formed by piling of frazil ice or slush onto the edges of pancakes when they collide, both due to random bumping into each other and because of periodic compressions at wave troughs. Pancake ice forms in conditions of high wave activity, in contrast to other types of sea ice formed under calm conditions. Pancake ice can form in two processes:(1) on water covered to some degree in slush, shuga or grease ice,or(2) from breaking of ice rind, nilas or even gray ice in agitated conditions. A notable example of pancake ice occurs in the Arctic Ocean, where a new prevalence of pancake ice is occurring, particularly along the ice edge, as a result of increasing Arctic wave activity.

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