Over the following years, decades, and centuries, the pressure of the accumulated snow transforms layers into highly compacted glacial ice.

随着时间的推移，几十年，几世纪，积雪的压力将雪层强力压实形成冰川。

The compact ice appeared on all the lower portions of the glacier, though gray with dirt and stones embedded in it.

致密的冰出现在冰川的所有下部， 虽然是灰色的， 里面嵌着泥土和石头。