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The Arctic coastlines are highly variable, can be stable or extremely dynamic, and are the site of most of the human activity that occurs at high latitudes. Extraction of natural resources occurs in many locations around the Arctic Ocean creating the need for port facilities and the potential for pollution. These pressures are only likely to increase with time.
Human Dimension in the Arctic coastal zone
Snow and ice on the rocks by the beach at Horn Point Laboratory
Snow on the rocks
Measuring Secchi depth in frozen water presents a challenge.
Secchi disc on ice
A view of a frozen Choptank River from the dock at Horn Point Laboratory, in Cambridge, Maryland.
Frozen Choptank River
A jetty at Horn Point Laboratory juts into the frozen Choptank River.
Jetty in the frozen Choptank River
The Horn Point Laboratory dock, on Maryland's Eastern Shore, juts out into a frozen Choptank River.
Winter at the Horn Point dock
Measuring Secchi depth in winter presents a challenge.
Winter Secchi depth = 0
Measuring Secchi depth in frozen water presents a challenge.
Winter Secchi depth
Bags holding oysters hang off the Horn Point Laboratory dock under a layer of ice in the Choptank River
Oyster bags under a frozen river
Half-frozen ice puddle on a cold winter's day
Ice puddle
Oysters can survive if kept below the layer of ice.
Ice Breaker Samples
Oysters can survive if kept below the layer of ice.
Ice Breaker Samples
Oysters can survive if kept below the layer of ice.
Ice Breaker Samples
Oysters can survive if kept below the layer of ice.
Ice Breaker Samples
Oysters can survive if kept below the layer of ice.
Ice Breaker Samples
Ice on the Choptank River formed all the way up to the beach at Horn Point Laboratory
Icy Beach
Snow on the beach at Horn Point Laboratory
Snow on the beach
Snow and ice on the beach at Horn Point Laboratory
Snow on the beach

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