The drying Arctic
by Reinhard Pienitz, Laval University, Quebec City, Canada
Due to extensive permafrost melt, many arctic lakes are breached and drained, leading to widespread dry-up of lowland arctic landscapes, in this case on south-western Baffin Island, Nunavut, Canada.
Taken on 29
July
2005
Submitted on 14 Feb 2013
Featured on GeoLog, the official blog of the European Geosciences Union
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