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CA WAGA 2023.62-2023.62-2023.62.136
Title
Isachsen community. Workers preparing ground for a building construction. Note a musk ox in the distant background.
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- FondsRichard Moskal Fonds
- Series2023.62 - Ellef Ringnes Island Expedition
- File2023.62 - Slide Images
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- Item2023.62.132 - Constructing an anchor hole in the permafrost for support lines to an aerial communication tower at Isachsen. A hot air "steam jenny" was used to bore into frozen soil and permafrost.
- Item2023.62.133 - General view of topography and land forms on Ellef Ringnes Island, Isachsen area. Much erosion evident in the summer months and difficult to traverse.
- Item2023.62.134 - Example of slumping hill sides due to melting of ice lenses in the soil. Material is carried to the sea.
- Item2023.62.135 - Close example of hill side erosion due to melting of ice in soil.
- Item2023.62.136 - Isachsen community. Workers preparing ground for a building construction. Note a musk ox in the distant background.
- Item2023.62.137 - Coastal rock formations on the east coast of Ellef Ringnes Island. Yellow Arctic poppies visible.
- Item2023.62.138 - Richard Moskal viewing a most beautiful coastal scene on east side of Ellef Ringness Island.
- Item2023.62.139 - Impressive coastal heights and rock formations on east coast of Ellef Ringness Island.
- Item2023.62.140 - Isachsen weather station in summer. The coastal sea ice has melted. Same coast where we did the sea ice black dirt experiments earlier in the summer.
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Item 2023.62.136 - Isachsen community. Workers preparing ground for a building construction. Note a musk ox in the distant background.