firn

Example Sentences

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

From Washington Post • Aug. 18, 2022

During large melt events, meltwater on the surface can seep through the snow and into firn, or a layer of compacted snow that is not yet compressed into glacial ice.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 5, 2021

Johnsen, S. J. Stable isotope homogenization of polar firn and ice.

From Nature • Feb. 4, 2018

The deepest layers, which were laid down long before recorded history, are under enormous pressure, and the firn is compressed into ice.

From The New Yorker • Oct. 17, 2016

A jumble of firn, new ice, and old ice underfoot.

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