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On the banks of the Ikpikpuk

Posted Tue, 07/07/2009 - 12:53 by GAIA

WWU Assistant Professor of Biology Eric DeChaine spent four summers in the Alaskan arctic researching climate change on the region's flora; the picture below is of DeChaine at the Ikpikpuk River in the Alaska National Wildlife Refuge.

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On the banks of the Ikpikpuk