Scientists agree that the key player in this scenario is the West Antarctic ice sheet, a Brazil-size mass of frozen water that is as much as 7000 feet thick.

科学家们一致认为，这一情境中的关键推手是南极西部的冰层，这是一块跟巴西（面积）差不多大小的冰原，厚达7000英尺。

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Scientists believe the crater may contain frozen water and expected it to be kicked up by the impact.

科学家相信这陨坑存有结冰水，希望通过撞击可以被掀起。

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Because comets are largely ice made up of frozen water and gases, a comet striking Earth then would have vaporized.

由于彗星主要是由冻结的水和气体组成的冰，撞击地球的彗星将会蒸发。

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Groups of frozen water droplets are called snow pellets.

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Groups of frozen water-droplets are called snow pellets.

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Snow is a form of frozen water.

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Bloom, 25, worked with a heavy metal pole to break ice blocks into the frozen water.

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He even has a brilliant solution to the Survivalist's riddle of frozen water bottles.

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And if frozen water were found in lunar craters, that would indeed be icing on the cake.

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