# Fryxellsee Opt

- By: Joe Mastroianni, National Science Foundation
- Date: 2002-12-10
- Classification: Photograph
- Credit line: From Antarctic Photo Library: LAKEFRYXELL.JPG
- Museum: [Wikimedia Commons](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fryxellsee_Opt.jpg)
- Rights: Public domain
- Picture: https://invisiblenetwork.ai/thumbs/commons/8/8f/Fryxellsee_Opt.jpg
- Who can see it: Kids profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

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.