Ice has been flooded by melt water or river water and is heavily loaded by water and wet snow. It can also be sea Ice that is pushed into the underlying ocean water by wave action and or the weight of thick snow cover on its surface; the salty ocean water floods the snow cover and creates a salty, slushy layer; flooded sea ice is more common in the Antarctic because of more snowfall and thinner sea ice than in the arctic. Usually first-year ice.
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