firn

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“It’s undeniable that the average firn line is creeping up,” Volken said, referring to the line across glaciers at which exposed glacier ice transitions to the snow-covered surface of a glacier.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 4, 2023

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

From Washington Post • Aug. 18, 2022

Cuffey, K. M. & Steig, E. J. Isotopic diffusion in polar firn: implications for interpretation of seasonal climate parameters in ice-core records, with emphasis on central Greenland.

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

Much of the ice on the continent of Antarctica is actually a form of consolidated snow called firn.

From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong