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siguliaksraq

sig-oo-lee-AK-sraq
A patchwork layer of crystals that forms as the sea begins to freeze. The first architecture of ice on open water — not yet solid, not yet safe, a threshold between liquid and locked.
Etymology
Iñupiaq (Wales, Alaska). One of approximately 70 terms for ice in a single Iñupiaq dialect.