Encroaching ocean waves remain flash frozen at the Beihai Birth at Lϋshunkou District in Dalian, a city in Liaoning Province on the coast of Bohai Bay, on February 7, 2012. Low temperatures and strong winds caused the sea water to freeze as it crashed against the bank. Ice covered 34.9 percent of the Bohai Bay, according to a local oceanic weather monitoring station (XINHUA) |