Antarctica receives more solar radiation than does any other place on Earth, yet the temperatures are so cold and the ice cap is reflective, so that little polar ice melts during the summer; otherwise, the water levels of the oceans would rise 250 feet and engulf most of the world's great cities.

• Ais reflective, so that little polar ice melts during the summer; otherwise,  
• Bis so reflective that little of the polar ice melts during the summer; were it to do so,  
• Cso reflective that little polar ice melts during the summer, or else  
• Dreflective, so that little of the polar ice melts during the summer, or  
• Ereflects so that little of the polar ice melts during the summer; if it did