Data from 2016 indicate that Arctic permafrost thaws faster than predicted. Mud season occurs in places where the ground freezes in winter and thaws in spring. The active layer (the layer that freezes and thaws seasonally) can be from to thick. During winters interrupted by thaws, fungal diseases may cause mass deaths. It may start to melt in the summer, but some years it never fully thaws. Emergence begins once the soil thaws and the toads can dig their way out. Chinooks may occur in and bring winter thaws to the Grande Prairie area. When the ice thaws, water can flow further into the rock. Inuk teenager Tommy Tukyuk urinates on it and thaws him out. But with the approach of Aslan, her magical winter thaws. The summer also thaws some of the ice on the continent's shores. It usually arrives before the lake thaws, in the latter case. This creates a greenhouse effect which thaws the planet again. As the video ends, the ice thaws to reveal the box is empty. On the team's spacecraft, Jason thaws from his cryonic suspension and begins killing the crew.