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Texas can, V83, VWX. So for those that said sea ice, you're wrong. Sea ice maxes out at about 910 kilograms per meter cubed. Freshwater ice has a peak density of around 917 kilograms per meter cubed. So a meter is about a, a meter is a thousand liters of sea ice. So with liquid water you'll get about, it's about one kilogram of, one liter is one kilogram, so with ice it's a little less. So you should have a metric ton with one cubic meter of ice but you don't, you actually have 917 kilograms if it's freshwater and a peak of 910 kilograms if it's seawater. As ice freezes it expels the salt crystals that you get in seawater. But what happens is as our Australian friend mentioned, the peak density for water is at about 4 degrees Celsius. That's where it's almost a one to one ratio. Once you go below the, or it is a one to one ratio, once you start cooling it below 4 degrees Celsius it began, it begins to expand even though it hasn't frozen. And sea, sea ice or sea water typically has a, it depends on the salinity of, the salinity of the water but essentially it'll cool below the typical freezing point of zero degrees Celsius, 32 degrees Fahrenheit. So it may cool at you know minus 4 Celsius or cooler depending on the salinity and the composition and because of this there's more expansion before it turns to ice and there's displacement of salt so as you push out the salt you lose volumetric density. So sea ice is lighter and less dense than fresh water ice. And there you have it, now you guys know. Back to you Ken.