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Visiting the permafrost tunnel was an amazing experience! Here are some pics from our visit. Being immersed within the permafrost gave me a whole new level of understanding of this arctic phenomenon and how fossils like the Steppe Bison are preserved as actual remains from the last ice age.
Bill Schmoker in the Permafrost Tunnel
Schematic diagram of the Permafrost Tunnel in the visitor center
Bill Schmoker holding a mammoth scapula found on hill above the Permafrost Tunnel
Preparing to enter the Permafrost Tunnel, with Matthew Sturm demonstrating a historic steam point used by placer miners to penetrate frozen loess and access gold-bearing stream gravel deposits below.
Unidentified large ice-age mammal leg bone in Permafrost Tunnel
Steppe Bison horn protruding from Permafrost Tunnel wall
Matthew Sturm guiding PolarTREC Teachers in the Permafrost Tunnel
Ice Lens in the roof of the Permafrost Tunnel