Close-up of subglacial meltwater at snout of Aktineq Glacier
Location: Bylot Island, Nunavut, Canada
Highly sediment-charged water emerging from a conduit at the base of Aktineq Glacier during summer 1990. Boulder gravel deposited in this conduit was exposed as Aktineq Glacier retreated from 1990 to 1993 (see images 0022 and 0023).
Updated 08/27/2009 CAB