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300 viewsAreas that contain much permafrost can look barren. But plants and animals prosper here in the summer days, when the top layer of frozen ground thaws. The caribou in this photograph, in the Noatak National Preserve, Alaska, are migrating in the early fall.
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99 viewsCaribou pass by on frozen tundra.
Image courtesy Andrew Slater, NSIDC.
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290 viewsChin strap penguins go about their business, with an iceberg in the background
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239 viewsPenguins fly over the water near the Antarctic Peninsula
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177 viewsA seal relaxes on a pebble beach in Antarctica
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261 viewsA whale pokes its mouth out of the ocean, with an iceberg in the background.
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306 viewsWhale tails greet the ship near Antarctica
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Megallanic Penguin201 viewsThe Megallanic Penguin gives the IceTrek team a profile shot for their scrapbooks.
Photo Credit: Courtesy Ted Scambos and Rob Bauer, NSIDC
IceTrek Web site
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