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an aerial view of the mountains and glaciers
North Arm Outlet Glacier
This image is of the Tidewater Outlet Glacier on the north arm of Coutts Inlet in Northeastern Baffin Island, Arctic Canada. Although the outlet glacier is clearly eroding, the thinner ice caps on the low relief highlands are not preserving tundra plants that are exposed as they recede. Image credit: G H Miller
Photo: An Inuit child in Ostgronland, Greenland. Photo courtesy of Nick Russill via Flickr.
Peoples of the Arctic — Beyond Penguins and Polar Bears
Photo: An Inuit child in Ostgronland, Greenland. Photo courtesy of Nick Russill via Flickr.
an open field with red flowers and mountains in the background
Tundra: Life in the Polar Extremes — Beyond Penguins and Polar Bears
Photo: Autumn colors, with the Brooks Range in the background, near the Sagavanirktok River, Alaska. This area is part of the Arctic Long Term Ecological Research (ARC LTER) site. Photo courtesy of Jim Laundre, Arctic LTER.
an aurora bore is seen in the night sky over water and land, with mountains
Polar Patterns: Day, Night, and Seasons — Beyond Penguins and Polar Bears
Photo: The northern lights over Kulusuk, a small island on the east coast of Greenland. Photo courtesy of Nick Russill, Flickr.
a large group of blue rocks with mountains in the background
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Ice wall in Mendenhall Glacier, Alaska, contains frozen clues to environmental change.
an aerial view of a glacier in the middle of mountains and rivers with snow on them
Central Baffin Island
This image shows converging outlet glaciers from large ice caps on NE Baffin Island, Arctic Canada.
an aurora bore is seen in the night sky above some mountains and snow capped peaks
Solar-Storm-Fueled Auroras Make for Awesome Backyard Photography
Eagle Lights - The central light ribbon in this image resembles the head and beak of a bird, flanked by a radiant wingspan. The photo was taken in Grøtfjord, close to Tromsø in northern Noway.
the sun shines brightly behind some fluffy white flowers
Polar Plants — Beyond Penguins and Polar Bears
Photo: White cottongrass in Kangerlussuaq, West Greenland. Photo copyright Henning Thing, ThingsUnlimited.
the snow covered mountains are in the distance and houses on the land below them,
A Sense of Place — Beyond Penguins and Polar Bears
Photo: Nuuk, Greenland. Copyright 2007 Thomas Overly.
ice floes floating in the ocean on an overcast day
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Sea Ice Off Arctic Refuge Coastal Plain
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an iceberg floating in the ocean under a cloudy sky
Icebergs and Glaciers — Beyond Penguins and Polar Bears
Photo: An iceberg in the Arctic Sea somewhere off the coast of Eastern Greenland. Photo courtesy of wili_hybrid (Flickr).
a man riding skis down the side of a snow covered slope next to a glacier
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Torrent of ice-water from Mendenhall Glacier carries organic matter to the Gulf of Alaska.
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