A person finds it extremely difficult to walk on a perfectly frictionless ice surface. Which of the following explanations based on Newton's laws of motion is correct?

Options:

• A: The ice surface exerts an active backward force that cancels out the person's forward muscular force.
• B: According to Newton's Third Law, to move forward, a person must push the ground backward (action), but the lack of friction prevents this, resulting in no forward reaction force.
• C: The lack of friction increases the inertia of rest of the person's body, making it impossible to initiate any movement.
• D: According to Newton's Second Law, the force applied by the person is completely absorbed by the ice, reducing the net acceleration to zero.

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