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What are the three types of sea ice and why is each important?

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Answer: New Ice, Nilas, and young ice.

Step-by-step explanation:

New ice is recently frozen sea water that does not yet make up solid ice.

Nilas is an ice that bends without breaking around waves and swells.

Young ice is a transition stage between nilas and first-year ice.

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