Image:Lake Fryxell.jpg

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The blue ice covering Lake Fryxell, in the Transantarctic Mountains, comes from glacial meltwater from the Canada Glacier and other smaller glaciers. The freshwater stays on top of the lake and freezes, sealing in briny water below.

Photograph by: Joe Mastroianni, National Science Foundation, December 10 2002

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Source: From Antarctic Photo Library http://photolibrary.usap.gov/AntarcticaLibrary/LAKEFRYXELL.JPG ; English Wikipedia, original upload 9 September 2004 by Prisonblues

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current10:26, 16 September 20051,950×1,354 (731 KB)Saperaud (The blue ice covering Lake Fryxell, in the Transantarctic Mountains, comes from glacial meltwater from the Canada Glacier and other smaller glaciers. The freshwater stays on top of the lake and freezes, sealing in briny water below. Photograph by: Joe M)