A winter sunset over the North Slope - note the parallel ridges in the snow

A winter sunset over the North Slope - note the parallel ridges in the snow. They always lay ENE-WSW in this area. The orientation of the ridges was used to navigate away from camp.

Photo Category: Arctic - Sunrise
Photo Location: Alaska, Barter Island, North Slope
Photo Date: Spring 1949

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Author: Rear Admiral Harley D. Nygren, NOAA Corps (ret.)/ NOAA

License: Public Domain Mark 1.0 (Public domain)

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