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A. While numerous icebergs found are made of freshwater, ice formed at the North Pole is different. It’s sea ice, formed from the sea and much colder surface air temperature, that over time looses it salinity. Ice at the pole is on average perhaps 3.5″ thick, though only about 10% is above the surface of the ocean water.
