Aerial Image of Alaska's Arctic Coastal Plain; 1955

• Main Author: Tape, Ken D.
• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: USGS Science Data Catalog 2015
• Subjects: imagery; landscape change; lake drainage; permafrost degradation; marine transgression; coastal retreat; brant geese; white-fronted geese; caribou; Smith; Garry; Chipp; Colville; Dalton; Biota; Climatology; Environment; ImageryBaseMapsEarthCover; GeoscientificInformation; Inland Waters; Dalton Highway; Alaska; North Slope Borough; Smith River; Colville River Delta; Chipp River; Teshekpuk Lake; Arctic; Eros; Brant; Alaska North Slope; north slope; permafrost
• Online Access: https://search.dataone.org/view/933eabcb-2747-4708-9e98-a2a778161865

This dataset is comprised of a single aerial image of a single area on Alaska's Arctic Coastal Plain taken on 21 June 1955 by the U.S. Air Force and obtained from the USGS EROS data center via the EarthExplorer website in 2013. The image represents an historical snapshot of the landscape from t...