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891 viewsThis image shows the annual climatology melt for 2007 from Greenland Ice Sheet Melt Characteristics Derived from Passive Microwave Data.
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692 viewsOne of the most studied and interesting ice streams in Antarctica, Ice Stream B shows a number of features that indicate past changes and ongoing evolution. In this subscene the upstream ends of several ice stream shear margins are highlighted. Characteristic crevasse patterns, nicknamed "chromosomes," mark the ends of several of these margin traces.
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207 views"Little Dhawa", the charming 5-year old son of the family that hosted Gearheard and her group in the Tsum Valley, Nepal, made friends with everyone. Credit: Shari Gearheard
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172 viewsThe nearby lake in Kanger, called Tasersuatsiaq in Greenlandic, but also known as Lake Ferguson. The lake is frozen in this photo but had thawed by the time I returned in mid-June. The building is the local row club, as rowing is popular here in the summer. The lake is home to a kind of fish called Arctic char.
Photo by John Maurer, CIRES/NSIDC, University of Colorado.
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148 viewsOne of the teams aboard the Aurora Australis doing field-work nearby the icebreaker.
Photo Credit: NSIDC Courtesy Rodney Charles
     
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