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.

• 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。