A surplus allows snow to accumulate and for the pressure of snow accumulated over the years to transform buried snow into glacial ice with a depth great enough for the ice to flow.

剩余的积雪能够让雪集成堆，且由于多年的积雪形成的压力，剩余的积雪能够让掩埋的雪变成冰川冰，这些冰川冰的厚度足以使冰块流动。