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
