The melt water soaks the remaining snow and collects in ponds, thereby substantially lowering the average albedo of the pack ice. Heat flux to the surface of bare ice causes additional melting, and thin ice melts completely.
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soaks soaks the remaining snow lowering melts completely collects
the remaining snow
the average albedo of the pack ice
L:in ponds