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The sizes and shapes of ice crystals influence the radiative properties of clouds, as well as precipitation initiation and aerosol scavenging. However, ice crystal growth mechanisms remain only partially characterized. We present the growth processes of two complex ice crystal habits observed in Arctic mixed‐phase clouds during the Ny‐Ålesund AeroSol Cloud ExperimeNT campaign. First, are capped‐columns with multiple columns growing out of the plates' corners that we define as columns on capped‐columns. These ice crystals originated from cycling through the columnar and plate temperature growth regimes, during their vertical transport by in‐cloud circulation. Second, is aged rime on the surface of ice crystals having grown into faceted columns or plates depending on the environmental conditions. Despite their complexity, the shapes of these ice crystals allow to infer their growth history and provide information about the in‐cloud conditions. Additionally, these ice crystals exhibit complex shapes and could enhance aggregation and secondary ice production. Snowflakes formed in the atmosphere have a wide variety of shapes and sizes and no two snowflakes are identical. The reason for this infinite number of shapes is that the environmental temperature and relative humidity prevailing during the snowflakes' growth determine their exact aspects. Thus, the prevailing environmental conditions can be determined from the shape of snowflakes, and become more complicated with increased shape complexity. During a measurement campaign in the Arctic, we identified two complex snowflake types and the history of environmental conditions in which they grew in. We inferred that some snowflakes were recirculating to higher or lower parts of the clouds and that others had collided with cloud droplets that froze on their surface at the early stage of their growth. These snowflakes may enhance the formation of new snowflakes and the initiation of precipitation. A large variety of ice crystal sizes and shapes were observed in Arctic mixed‐phase clouds with a holographic imagerThe growth history of two types of complex ice crystals was inferred from their shapesThese ice crystals could enhance aggregation and secondary ice production A large variety of ice crystal sizes and shapes were observed in Arctic mixed‐phase clouds with a holographic imager The growth history of two types of complex ice crystals was inferred from their shapes These ice crystals could enhance aggregation and secondary ice production