Crusoe Glacier dams Crusoe-Baby Lake, here seen at a low water level (July 10th, 2008). | Caribou tracks along the shore of Crusoe-Baby Lake. The water level fluctuates daily as water inflow varies depending on the amount of ablation on the glacier. | A prominent delta is forming in Crusoe-Baby Lake. Some of the debris will later be cleared out again during catastrophic draining of the lake (July 10th, 2008). | Meltwater from Baby Glacier is entering ice-dammed Crusoe-Baby Lake on the lower left. |
Folding of the ice at the outflow of Crusoe-Baby Lake. Arctic poppies in the left foreground (July 10th, 2008). | The sheltered area around Crusoe-Baby Lake is a haven for plants and wildlife (photo: arctic poppies). | The lake outflow disappears under the glacier (far left) and will later form the brown waterfall further downglacier. | Outflow tunnel at Crusoe-Baby Lake. On the left erosion has exposed dead ice in the permafrost (10.7.2008). |