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

Diffusion of stable isotopes in polar firn and ice: the isotope effect in firn diffusion.

From Nature • Feb. 4, 2018

At the top of the sheet there’s airy snow, known as firn, that fell last year and the year before and the year before that.

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