A bright winter sun glows directly above the icy old wooden groynes by the Pape canal, creating a high-contrast and light-filled landscape. The wooden piles are covered in massive layers of ice that appear white and shimmering in the sunlight. Snowdrifts and ice mounds in the foreground cast distinct, bluish shadows across the uneven ground.

The snow-covered surface is textured with small mounds and frozen splashes, indicating strong wind and wave action prior to freezing. Sunbeams pierce through the clear sky, creating a brilliant glow on every frozen detail. On the right side, the wooden structures are more clearly visible, occasionally revealing the darker wood beneath the blanket of ice and snow.

In the distance, the sea is calm and partially covered with ice, merging with the bright horizon. The sky is cloudless, tinted with warm tones near the sun and becoming a cooler blue toward the edges of the image. This view captures a moment where winter and light unite, creating a visually powerful coastal landscape.