Low Ceiling CRREL Permafrost Tunnel (27 March 09 12:02)
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Low Ceiling CRREL Permafrost Tunnel (27 March 09 12:02)The World > North America > USA > Alaska |
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The permafrost tunnel has two branches -- this is the deeper one with lower ceiling. Here you can see a large ice wedge cutting across the tunnel's width.
The Permafrost Tunnel in Fairbanks allows visitors to see ice wedges, vegetation, and mammoth bones o...
CRREL Permafrost Tunnel, 15 meters into the winze. Visit http://permafrosttunnel.crrel.usace.army.mil...
CRREL Permafrost Tunnel, 21 meters into the winze. Visit http://permafrosttunnel.crrel.usace.army.mil...
The permafrost tunnel is used for research into permafrost dynamics and climate dynamics over the pas...
CRREL Permafrost Tunnel, 5 meters into the winze. Visit http://permafrosttunnel.crrel.usace.army.mil/...
CRREL Permafrost Tunnel, 25 meters into the winze. Visit http://permafrosttunnel.crrel.usace.army.mil...
CRREL Permafrost Tunnel, 23 meters into the adit. Visit http://permafrosttunnel.crrel.usace.army.mil ...
CRREL Permafrost Tunnel, 30 meters into the adit. Visit http://permafrosttunnel.crrel.usace.army.mil/...
CRREL Permafrost Tunnel, 35 meters into the winze. Visit http://permafrosttunnel.crrel.usace.army.mil...
CRREL Permafrost Tunnel, 35 m into adit. Visit http://permafrosttunnel.crrel.usace.army.mil/ for more...
Alaska is the largest state in the United States by area. It is situated in the northwest extremity of the North American continent, with Canada to the east, the Arctic Ocean to the north, and the Pacific Ocean to the west and south, with Russia further west across the Bering Strait. Approximately half of Alaska's 710,231 residents (as per the 2010 United States Census) live within the Anchorage metropolitan area. Alaska is the least densely populated state of the U.S.
