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Autumn colors near the Sagavanirktok River, Alaska
Autumn colors, with the Brooks Range in the background, near the Sagavanirktok River, Alaska. This area is part of the Arctic Long Term Ecological Research (ARC LTER) site.
The ARC LTER site is part of a network of sites established by the National Science Foundation to support long-term ecological research in the United States. The ARC LTER research site is located in the foothills region of the North Slope of Alaska and is based out of the University of Alaska's Toolik Field Station, with the principal year-round institute based at The Ecosystems Center, Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, Mass. To learn more, visit the ARC LTER Web site. [Research supported by National Science Foundation grants DEB 04-23385 and DEB 06-20020.] (Date of Image: 1988)
Credit: Jim Laundre, Arctic LTER
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