Bykovsky Peninsula coastline (IMAGE)

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Bykovsky Peninsula coastline

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The coastline of the Bykovsky Peninsula in the central Laptev Sea, Siberia retreats during summer, when ice-rich blocks of permafrost fall to the beach and are eroded by waves.

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2017, P. Overduin

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