This research validated the feasibility of measuring the preserved annual snow accumulation cycles, like measuring frozen precipitation in a rain gauge.

Winters are usually milder, with less snow accumulation, than those found inland.

Glaciers are large masses of ice that are able to slowly migrate over time, through the process of snow accumulation.

This snow accumulation resulted in the structure being further buried by about of snow per year.

The many concentric lines are created by the many cycles of snow accumulation.