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Dog sleds in Anchorage 1909-20

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Dog sleds leaving Anchorage in 1909

Dog teams leaving Anchorage, Alaska, c. 1909-1920. In Alaska’s winter, dog sleds were the only way to travel and delivered mail, gold ore, food, furs, and other supplies.

Arctic ocean ice

Greenland travel hiker tourist man trekking at sunset. Adventure expedition in the arctic ocean, ice floating from icebergs in ocean.

ice floating, icebergs in Arctic ocean

Greenland travel hiker tourist man trekking at sunset. Adventure expedition in the arctic ocean, ice floating from icebergs in ocean.

Tourists and Arctic icebergs

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Tourists viewing huge icebergs in Ilulissat Icefjord

Tourists looking at huge icebergs on the arctic ocean with sunset in Ilulissat, Greenland.

Looking at the Northern Lights

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Looking at the Northern Lights

The polar arctic Northern lights aurora borealis sky star in Norway Svalbard in Longyearbyen city man mountains

Moss and lichen

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Moss and lichen growing in the arctic

Mosses and lichens are the most hardy plants and reach extreme Northern limits of Earth. Moss, prevails brium, in Franz Josef Land. Thawing of soils

Dawes Glacier

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Glacier melts into the sea

The Dawes Glacier in the Endicott Arm of Alaska

Ice breaking up

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ice breaking up

Close Up of Spring Breakup of Arctic Ice

Coastal ice breaking up

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Glaciers breaking up in sea

Ice breaking up along coast. Glaciers of Greenland. Some graphics are provided by NASA.

Polar bears on ice floe

Polar bear mother and cub on ice floe in norwegian arctic waters, wide angle view to horizon.

Polar bears on melting ice

Polar bear mother and cub on ice floe in norwegian arctic waters, wide angle view to horizon.

Reinefjorden, Lofoten Islands

Panoramic view to Reinefjorden with mountains on background at sunrise – Reine, Lofoten Islands, Norway

Golden light on mountains in the Lofoten Islands

Panoramic view to Reinefjorden with mountains on background at sunrise – Reine, Lofoten Islands, Norway