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Default ice cube madness
On Tue, 18 Mar 2008 02:20:39 -0700 (PDT),
wrote:

I have a fridge\freezer with an ice maker. The automatic ice maker
storage got high and a single ice cube got
placed behind the large storage tray, it has sat there for a while,
but started getting smaller, now it is
almost nothing.

What causes this cube to get smaller in an environment that appears to
stay the same?

In addition to sublimation as mentioned in other replies, the
environment is not 'stay the same'. The defrost cycle, done on a daily
basis raises the temperature of the freezer some and things in certain
locations where not well cooled can approach freezing temperatures.

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