An extensive moat developed around the edge of Lake Fryxell during the "flood year" 2001-2002 in the McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica.

An extensive moat developed around the edge of Lake Fryxell

An extensive moat developed around the edge of Lake Fryxell during the "flood year" 2001-2002 in the McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica.

Photo courtesy of: 
Christine Foreman
From: 
MCM LTER Studies Ecosystem Response to Episodic Floods in Polar Desert