firn

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According to Fahnestock, optical observations can be affected by changing lighting conditions, shadows, cloud cover, and variations in whether firn appears clean or dirty.

From Science Daily • Jun. 12, 2026

Ice and firn, or dense snow leftover from previous seasons, also disappeared from the ridge.

From Washington Post • Aug. 18, 2022

Depending on the temperature of the water, snow and firn, the meltwater can refreeze and can create ice lenses.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 5, 2021

Whillans, I. M. & Grootes, P. M. Isotopic diffusion in cold snow and firn.

From Nature • Feb. 4, 2018

Camped a quarter mile in from the edge, on a long flat streak of firn.

From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin