I think the melting of the ice scenario has to do with the true procession of the equinoxes, the great year, as our known realm is a wheel within a wheel, so the ice is melting on the one side of our realm and being refrozen on the other side as we slowly rotate around the bigger realm. I've taken this snapshot from a documentary I just watched. In it, the narrator presents the most cogent description of how our systems might actually work. The link to the video is here: https://beforeitsnews.com/paranormal/2022/01/lost-history-of-flat-earth-1-7-by-ewaranon-2555991.html Around hour 4 is when he gets into this part