Herschel Island
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Herschel Island is an island in the Beaufort Sea, which lies 5 km off the coast of Yukon in Canada, of which it is administratively a part. Part of the Arctic Archipelago, it is Yukon's only large off
The whaling settlement at Pauline Cove. The Yukon mainland is visible in the background.
Francis Joseph Fitzgerald, first North-West Mounted Police officer assigned to Herschel Island (1903)
NASA Landsat pseudocolour photo of Herschel Island
Retrogressive thaw slump
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A retrogressive thaw slump is a type of landslide that occurs in the terrestrial permafrost region of the circumpolar Northern Hemisphere when an ice-rich section thaws. RTSs develop quickly and can e
Arctic Coastal Plain, Teshekpuk Lake, Alaska by Brandt Meixell, USGS
Batagaika Crater