The drying Arctic

Laval University, Quebec City, Canada

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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.

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Type Image Format JPG Size 5.9 MB Width 4000 px Height 3000 px Aspect 4:3 Brand Panasonic Lumix Exposure 14 mm f/9 1/500 s ISO 100 Taken 29 July 2005 Tint Light olive gray Submitted 14 February 2013