Polar Melt
![For several summers this deeply incised melt channel transported overflow from a large melt lake to a Moulin, a conduit that drains the water through many hundreds of feet to the ice sheet’s bed. (Photo courtesy Ian Joughin)](https://gdb.voanews.com/02DE2DCA-0944-480B-921F-7A71C9242A0F_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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For several summers this deeply incised melt channel transported overflow from a large melt lake to a Moulin, a conduit that drains the water through many hundreds of feet to the ice sheet’s bed. (Photo courtesy Ian Joughin)
![香港刘霞关注组为刘霞举行庆生会(美国之音海彦拍摄)](https://gdb.voanews.com/5994FE5F-F07A-4BD7-9B52-1D4317B816E5_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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香港刘霞关注组为刘霞举行庆生会(美国之音海彦拍摄)
![Moulin that drains surface meltwater through ice more than 3000 feet thick to reach base of the ice sheet, from where a subglacial drainage network ultimately routes it to the ocean. (Photo courtesy Ian Joughin)](https://gdb.voanews.com/281AC7C5-CF57-4AC2-AF89-0F5D621AEF0F_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Moulin that drains surface meltwater through ice more than 3000 feet thick to reach base of the ice sheet, from where a subglacial drainage network ultimately routes it to the ocean. (Photo courtesy Ian Joughin)
![Close-up of large crevasses produced by Pine Island Glacier’s rapidly stretching ice just above its grounding line (the transition from grounded to floating ice). (Photo courtesy of Ian Joughin)](https://gdb.voanews.com/0C4558AE-110F-4C27-9423-555A80F7AA93_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Close-up of large crevasses produced by Pine Island Glacier’s rapidly stretching ice just above its grounding line (the transition from grounded to floating ice). (Photo courtesy of Ian Joughin)