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A thermo-karst melt pond adjacent to the road which accelerated the melting ofpermafrost

Description

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.

Photographer

Dr. John Cloud

Display Date

2010 August

Location

Alaska, Seward Peninsula

Collection

America's Coastlines

NOAA Affiliation

NOAA Central Library