why Antarctica and the North Pole are made of fresh water when its surrounded by the ocean?

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why Antarctica and the North Pole are made of fresh water when its surrounded by the ocean?

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The crystal structure of ice does not really allow any salt to be in the ice. So beneath the ice caps there are brine pools, but the ice caps themselves are fresh water.

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