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On Ice: Stunning Images of Canadian Arctic
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Researchers Christina Bell, Brad Danielson and, David Burgess digging a 4 meter (13 ft) snow pit to examine annual snow layers, Devon Island Ice Cap, Nunavut, Canada. From these layers, researchers are able to determine how much snow accumulates each year.
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A small glacier exiting the Devon Island Ice Cap, Nunavut, Canada.
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Canadian researcher makes his way along the Belcher Glacier while installing instrumentation to measure the glaciers velocity, Devon Island, Nunavut, Canada. This helps the researches determine how much ice is being transported from the interior of the Devon Island Ice Cap to the ocean.
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Areal view of the Sverdrup Glacier, a river of ice that flows from the interior of the Devon Island Ice Cap into the ocean. Nunavut, Canada.
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Landsat 7 ETM+ satellite image of south-east Devon Island Ice Cap, Devon Island, Nunavut, Canada. The darker ice is the result of accumulated impurities at the surface.
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Jennifer Welsh is a Connecticut-based science writer and editor and a regular contributor to Live Science. She also has several years of bench work in cancer research and anti-viral drug discovery under her belt. She has previously written for Science News, VerywellHealth, The Scientist, Discover Magazine, WIRED Science, and Business Insider.