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pl23_arct0395.jpg

Parallel ridges with huge blocks of blue green ice thrown up

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Description

Parallel ridges with huge blocks of blue green ice thrown up. Like thesubduction zones of plate tectonics that build mountain ranges, these featuresare the result of buckling caused by the great pressure of colliding ice floes.Probably second year ice.

Credit

Collection of Dr. Pablo Clemente-Colon, Chief Scientist National Ice Center

Display Date

2007 April 1

Location

Alaska, Beaufort Sea

Collection

Paths Less Taken

Keywords

Arctic Ice