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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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434 viewsTed Scambos smiles, with the Antarctic sunset in the background.
Image Credit: Ted Scambos, NSIDC
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151 viewsDrew Slater shows the organic and frozen active layer in a permafrost core.
Image courtesy Andrew Slater, NSIDC.
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131 viewsThe sled dogs have frosty whiskers from the cold.
Image courtesy Andy Mahoney
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73 viewsTed Scambos wears goggles and a balaclava to protect his face from the harsh Antarctic weather.
Image Credit: Courtesy Ted Scambos and Rob Bauer, NSIDC
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