But, just like these ice layers, we will not touch each other.

In places the ice layer was up to two miles thick.

I need to know the present thickness of the ice layer.

He could feel the scrunch as it scraped past the ice layer.

"There's a water ice layer stuck to the dome, so we have to keep the air below freezing all the time."

But are ice layers themselves truly a handicap to the notion of thriving life?

The ice layer has been removed revealing the bedrock underneath.

As this ice layer thins, the microorganisms show through grey.

"We will share the world, just as these ice layers share the same patch of ground.

And below a thin ice layer there would be more than enough light to permit plants to grow- the right varieties already exist.

The youngsters weren't allowed on the beach anymore; it wasn't clear how stable the remainder of the ice layer was.

The novel assumes that Ganymede has a rocky surface under an ice layer.

Two other moons of Jupiter show similar signs of oceans under ice layers.

The scientists meticulously examined various properties of the ice layers laid down each year by snowfall.

The hailstone gains an ice layer and grows increasingly larger with each ascent.

Her feet were ankle-deep in the water runoff, both from the drake's newly lost ice layer and the nearby landscape.

"We have to keep a water ice layer coating the dry ice, so the air stays good.

Successive ice layers can lead to aufeis accumulations that are several meters thick.

During this period, the number of days with above freezing temperatures has increased significantly, resulting in ice layers in the snow pack.

Ice Layer A: The game begins with spots of ice on the floor.

At each Level-Up, all water on the board vanishes and the original ice layer reappears.

He dug his trunk into the soil and sucked hopefully, but there were only drops of moisture to be had, trapped above the ice layer.

Does the water vaporize into the air layer and then freeze on the bottom of the ice layer making it thicker?

Water in contact with the bottom of the ice layer supports the ice because water is incompressible.

This reduces the heat conduction - i.e. the ice layer insulates the sample being tested.