Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 08/05/2011 - 09:09
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High Arctic Change 2011

I want to say it is a squeeze up ridge.

Sun, 08/07/2011 - 23:07

Mark Goldner

Good guess. Actually it's the remnants of a pond that formed from glacier meltwater that pooled on top of the glacier. As the glacier melted down, the ice that surrounded the pond melted, leaving the organic matter behind that settled at the bottom of the pond.