- Year Taken
- Unknown
- Category
- Weathering
- Location
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Nenana District
Yukon Region, Ak. - Credit
- ID. Wahrhaftig, C. 136
- Filename
- wc0136.png
- Description
- Polygonal ground, mountaintop east of Rex Dome, Alaska Range.The clay-rich centers swell and collapse sufficiently from freezing and thawing ice that they destroy the roots of any plants that grow on them. Plants gain footholds only along the relatively clay-free borders.Nenana district, Yukon region, Alaska. n.d.
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