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Puddle
An accumulation of water on ice, mainly due to melting snow, but in the more advanced stages also to the melting of ice.
Decaying Ice - Puddles - July 25,2002 - Admiralty Inlet
Decayed medium and thick first year ice (metre thick)
Rain and mild air temperatures present, permitted the ice to melt, leaving puddles.
Photo Credit - Graham Campbell
Thaw Holes
Vertical holes in ice formed when surface puddles melt through to the underlying water.