template: ### Instruction: Rewrite this English sentence to give a better translation.
  
  ### English: The icebergs around me were almost 200 feet out of the water, and I could only help but wonder that this was one snowflake on top of another snowflake, year after year.
  ### English rewrite: Around me the icebergs rose almost 200 feet from the water, and I could not help thinking that they were snowflakes piled on top of snowflakes, year after year.