At the same time, warm Pacific Ocean water is pulsing through the Bering Strait into the Arctic basin, helping melt a large area of sea ice between Alaska and eastern Siberia.
On the surface of the shelf, rows of melt ponds settled into natural crevasses, driving the cracks all the way through the ice shelf.
冰盖表面，成行的融雪坑形成许多天然的冰裂缝，并导致各条缝隙连贯起来，横贯整个冰架。
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The next question is whether the hot cores will actually meltthrough the containers, spreading the radioactive materials, shooting them into the ground.