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Close-up of subglacial meltwater at snout of Aktineq Glacier

Location: Bylot Island, Nunavut, Canada
Close-up of subglacial meltwater at snout of Aktineq Glacier

Highly sediment-charged water emerging from a conduit at the base of Aktineq Glacier during summer 1990. Boulder gravel deposited in this conduit was exposed as Aktineq Glacier retreated from 1990 to 1993 (see images 0022 and 0023).













Date taken: July 1990
Photo ID: 0024
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