Can Someone Please Explain How This Iceberg Formed in My Kitchen?

Baking soda goes in, ice comes out. How does that happen?

April 29, 2010 at 11:41AM by Brian Clark Howard | comment

Just got this photo from a reader and friend, Wynne McCormick, who actually helped us launch The Daily Green a few years ago as a talented business analyst. But now she is unable to analyze this massive growth in her refrigerator. I am posting it here in hopes that one of you, good readers, will be able to explain how this happens.

Wynne said she has kept her fridge on the "4" coldness setting, out of a possible 10, for ages, and never had any ice issues before, until she placed a package of baking soda inside a few months ago (baking soda might not be the most effective way to control odors anyway). But then this iceberg started forming around the baking soda carton, slow at first.

Wynne says she didn't notice it for some time, maybe a month, since she is busy packing for moving. But the iceberg has gotten so big that it burst several glass bottles, and now she's afraid it will break the glass shelving.

Any ideas how this could form so suddenly? Does it have anything to do with the baking soda? Let us know!

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