Exactly, there is no magic - all the ice is just snowfall compressed over time, by its own weight and melting/refreeze cycles. This autumn has been really grea

Exactly, there is no magic - all the ice is just snowfall compressed over time, by its own weight and melting/refreeze cycles. This autumn has been really great for outdoors but disastrous to glaciers - extremely warm till end of october, no precipitation at all for more than a month.