Random pictures from Arctic field research.
Laura Alvarez-Aviles (Ph.D. candidate) digging snow near Barrow, Alaska.
An open lead, which is a crack in the sea ice where open ocean is exposed. On the edge of the open water (bottom left half of the slide), new sea ice is forming, and frost flowers are growing. Photo by Tom Douglas.
Researchers near Barrow, Alaska. Left to right: Dan Elsberg and Bill Simpson (UAF), Anne-Sophie Taillandier and Florent Domine (Glaciology Laboratory, Grenoble, France). Laura Alvarez-Aviles (UAF).
Matthew Sturm and Ken Tape (CRREL) measuring snow physical properties near Barrow, Alaska.
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