Twenty-one people plus skis and dogsled team, on large hummock, vicinity of Nome, circa 1910
Caption on photo: A Bering Sea ice hummock opposite Nome, Alaska. PH Coll 328.179 Hummocks are masses of ice rising to heights of 20 feet above the general level of the Arctic ice pack. These small hills of broken ice are caused by the pressure of ice floes jamming and crushing against each other.
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Summary: | Caption on photo: A Bering Sea ice hummock opposite Nome, Alaska. PH Coll 328.179 Hummocks are masses of ice rising to heights of 20 feet above the general level of the Arctic ice pack. These small hills of broken ice are caused by the pressure of ice floes jamming and crushing against each other. |
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