why frozen lakes seem to unfreeze from the bottom up. I know the top freezes over first because of density but why does the I’ve seem to simply get thinner while it unfreezes rather than having a pool of water over the ice. Go easy if it sounds like a dumb question.

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why frozen lakes seem to unfreeze from the bottom up. I know the top freezes over first because of density but why does the I’ve seem to simply get thinner while it unfreezes rather than having a pool of water over the ice. Go easy if it sounds like a dumb question.

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It does unfreeze from top, but floats on water

Water flows from melting ice into the body of water, ice stays afloat, getting thinner