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Kristin Poiner acting as a scale under an ice structure lake margin.

Kristin Poiner acting as a scale under an ice structure lake margin.
Kristin Poiner acting as a scale under an ice structure lake margin.
Kristin Poiner acting as a scale under an ice structure lake margin.
Kristin Poiner acting as a scale under an ice structure lake margin.
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(68°45′10″N, 49°31′30″W)
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Linder, Christopher L.
Kristin Poiner acting as a scale under an ice structure lake margin.
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07/18/2008
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Until it drained today, the depth in the lake exceeded seven feet. Sarah took an informal measurement by asking Kristin Poinar (who is five feet, five inches tall) to stand under the high water mark. Just yesterday, the spot where she stood was immersed in lake water.
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Until it drained, the depth of this lake on Greenland's ice sheet reached seven feet (the day before this photo was taken, the spot where University of Washington graduate student Kristin Poinar stood to touch the high water mark was immersed in ice cold water). This summer, WHOI researchers camped on the ice sheet to study these lakes, which form atop the ice sheet each summer as returning sunlight melts ice and snow.
Photo by Chris Linder
© Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
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