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Fryxellsee Opt
Joe Mastroianni, National Science Foundation
2002-12-10
- Classification
- Photograph
- Museum
- Wikimedia Commons
- Credit line
- From Antarctic Photo Library: LAKEFRYXELL.JPG
- Rights
- Public domain, as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Kids profiles and older: it shows nature, places, still life or a children's book. How works are placed
About this work
Antarctica: 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.
