[19-May-2026] Bingham, F., Schmidgall, C., Steele, M., and Jayne, S. This talk discusses preliminary results from floats deployed as part of the SASSIE project in the Beaufort Sea. Topics include what float observations can tell us about the role of salinity in the formation and/or melting of sea ice in late summer / early fall and observations of the breakdown of the shallow halocline and the upwelling of heat into the near surface.