TruemorsEntering another world inside glacial meltwater channels
inside the ice
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NP! ID: 1583283
Title: inside the ice
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Created: Mon, 09/01/2008 - 4:00pm
Modified: Mon, 09/01/2008 - 4:00pm
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at 16:15 on September 1st, 2008
A view inside one of the numerous meltwater channels on the Belcher Glacier, Devon Island ice cap. These conduits, up to 10m deep, open in the summer and are fed by melting snow and ice, transporting huge volumes of freshwater to the Arctic Ocean.
This photo was taken at the end of the summer melt in 2008 when the water flow in the channel had all but ceased.