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Increasing expanses of melted snow and ice during the spring meltWeasel checking sea ice landing strip at Oliktok Point - Ifweasel didn't break ice, ski planes could land.If weasels broke ice, they would float as they were amphibious. (Image credit: Rear Admiral Harley D. Nygren)
Photographer
Rear Admiral Harley D. Nygren
Display Date
Spring 1950
Location
Alaska Northern, Brownlow Point
Collection
Paths Less Taken
The Arctic Field Party (1949-1951)
The Big Meltdown
NOAA Affiliation
NOAA Corps (ret.)
Keywords
Arctic