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A 120m aerial view overlooking the west shore of the Husky Lakes (formerly known as Eskimo Lakes), a vast estuary basin in the Arctic tundra that stretches east to Liverpool Bay towards the ocean. The Inuvik-Tuktoyaktuk Highway passes close by in the distance & the area is hunted & fished by the local Inuvialuit. Today boats & even snowmobiles are left strewn around the landscape, often seen from the highway. Look just to the south along the shore is a largo pingo that is more discernible from ground level. Thermokarst lakes, typical of the Arctic north, are seen in every direction. The shoreline often has steep bluffs that may contain exposed permafrost. Nearby along the lakeshore is Saunaktuk, which translates to "place of bones". An archaeological dig has unearthed the remains of 35 Inuvialuit women, elders, & children from the 14th/15th century who had been murdered & cannibalized from a Dene attack.
From: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Husky_Lakes
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