Eroding bluffs in Kaktovik (03 July 08 1236)
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Taken 04:36, 14/03/2009
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Eroding bluffs in Kaktovik (03 July 08 1236)[kaktovik, bluffs, erosion, permafrost]Taken 04:36, 14/03/2009 Panoramic photo by Matt Nolan |
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Ice-rich bluffs on Barter Island erode thermally and slump into the ocean, causing the shoreline to gradually eat the island.
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Snow fences help control where blowing snow settles. By slowing down the wind, the snow settles here instead of in town, where it would cause more prob...
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It seems like caribou are always in season in Kaktovik. An unfortunate herd wandered too close to town the day before, and everyone's freezer suddenly ...
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We have found and sorted all of the gear shipped to Kaktovik, and are now waiting for ski plane transportation to McCall Glacier. It's a lot of stuff!
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This panorama was taken during a trip to collect GPS ground control points for a new topographic map we are making in this region.
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This panorama was taken at the Bitty airstrip near the Jago River. We measured GPS ground control points here as part of a new topographic mapping proj...
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This panorama was taken on the Bitty airstrip near the Jago River. Here we collected GPS ground control points for a new topographic map we are making.
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We stopped at the Bitty airstrip to rearrange the cargo in the plane after our air drops. This airstrip is a popular one for visitors to the Arctic Nat...
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Our float trip ended at this sonar fish counting site run by the US Fish and Wildlife Service. Nearly 600 dolly varden pass by this site each day. Also...
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