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IPY Photo Exhibit: Photo 21

Northern lights form a luminous backdrop to a guide's igloo in the Ungava Peninsula of Nunavik (northern Quebec), the site of a project on the cryosphere — the frozen portions of the Earth’s surface. The cryosphere is changing rapidly, affecting the safety of winter transportation routes and a wide range of everyday activities in the Arctic.
Photograph by: Arvids Silis