Frost smoke (sea smoke, steam fog) is a mist consisting of frozen water vapour, rising from the sea.
It is caused by extremely cold air flowing over a body of comparatively warm water, especially in polar regions (the process of congelation of vapor in the atmosphere in time of severe cold).
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