Exposed Ice Wedges (IMAGE)

Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research

Exposed Ice Wedges

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Exposed ice wedges at the coast of the Siberian island Muostakh. With this picture in mind, one can understand, why early researchers thought ice wedges could be nothing else than buried glaciers.

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Photo: Thomas Opel, Alfred-Wegener-Institut

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