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A thermo-karst melt pond adjacent to the road which accelerated the melting ofpermafrost. On the road from Nome beyond Pilgrim Hot Springs. This now becoming a wetland wildlife habitat. (Image credit: Dr. John Cloud)
Photographer
Dr. John Cloud
Display Date
2010 August
Location
Alaska, Seward Peninsula
Collection
America's Coastlines
NOAA Affiliation
NOAA Central Library