2010年到2011年的冬春两季降下了远高于平均水平的雪量，在至少五个州创下了降雪量之最。
The winter and spring of 2010-2011 brought farmore snow than average, leading to a record mountain snowpack in at least fivestates.
也许很多人没有想到的是，两极地区降雪量并不大，大多数暴风雪都是由原来的雪借助风势形成的。
But it doesn't snow very much at the poles. Most blizzards there are made up of old snow that is blowing around.
因此科学家们非常了解一旦居住着丹麦人的北极极地的冰雪越来越多地消融掉，那么通过新的降雪所获得的雪量相比之下是非常少的。
Thus scientists are keen to understand if the Danish-owned Arctic island (Greenland map) is losing more ice mass through melting and discharge of glaciers than it is gaining from fresh snowfall.
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