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Tuesday
Nov062012

Nubansuit Lake Update

Open water and thin ice (darker gray) on Nubansuit Lake NH in mid April 2011, 3 months after a fatality there.

 

This past season we found an unusual (or at least unrecognized) and persistent source of open water:  a double ended folded pressure ridge.  It looks like this may be what caused the large amount of thin ice on part of Nubansuit Lake, NH in 2011.  More...