Ukuba ubunokumfanisa njengeqabaka yokuqala yasebusika njengoko ingena idlule ijezi yakho kwaye ithumele ukuphola ngqo emathanjeni akho, ibiya kujongeka njenge-brinicle.

Le nto iphantsi kwamanzi sisiphumo sokubanda, ukuntywila kwe-brine (okuxineneyo kunamanzi) ukuntywila emzimbeni wamanzi, kukhenkceze konke okuchukumisayo.

Kunyaka ophelileyo, iqela lababhali bevidiyo abavela kwi-BBC bathimba i-brinicle form ngelixa babefota e-Antarctica ye-BBC One series Frozen Planet (thetha ngesihlandlo esifanelekileyo). Ijikile ikamera ye-timelapse kwimiboniso, kunye ne-viola: ingqele ebandayo, 'umnwe wokufa' ebomini bokwenyani.

UHugh Miller, omnye wabathwebuli-ndawo ababelapho wabelana ngamagama ngamava I-BBC : 'Lowo sikhe sambona kwiveki ephelileyo esiba mde phambi kwamehlo ethu ... yonke le nto ithathe iiyure ezintlanu, ezintandathu kuphela.'

Jonga le vidiyo ingentla, njengoko i-brine eshonayo yenza i-sheath yomkhenkce ejikeleze izidalwa zolwandle njengoko ihla iye ezantsi elwandle.