By TAPINTO HILLSBOROUGH STAFF
February 20, 2021 at 9:00 AM
Hillsborough photographer David Anderson Ward is the featured artist through March 31 at the Warren Township Library.
Hillsborough photographer David Anderson Ward is the featured artist through March 31 at the Warren .
Credits: SCLSNJ
February 20, 2021 at 9:00 AM
WARREN, NJ - “Unexpected Beauty in Troubled Times,” a collection of 21 photographs from around the world by Hillsborough photographer David Anderson Ward are on display now through the end of March at the Art Space at the Warren Township Library, a branch of the Somerset County Library System of New Jersey.
The collection consists of photographs that were taken during Ward’s travels around the globe. The display includes images from the Canadian Arctic Archipelago, Kenai Fjords National Park, Iceland, and more.
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Devon Island in Baffin Bay, belonging to the Canadian Arctic Archipelago, is the largest uninhabited island on Earth, and for good reasons. The ground remains frozen for almost the entire year, particularly the eastern third of the island which is permanently covered by an ice cap some 500 to 700 meters thick. For only a brief period, lasting 45-50 days, during the height of summer, the ground is snow-free. Summer temperature rises barely about 8°C. The average annual temperature is -16°C. In other words, Devon Island is a barren wasteland, dominated by frost-shattered rocks and nearly devoid of plants and animals. But for scientist and researchers, Devon Island is an extremely interesting place. Its desert setting and harsh climate is very similar to conditions on Mars.
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How long might the Arctic s Last Ice area endure?
Picture a logjam made of ice. And a bottleneck.
The large blocks of ice dam up a narrow passage. And prevent other large blocks of ice from passing through, while allowing smaller ones passage.
The longer that ice stays in place, the less time the ice upstream has to proceed southward.
That sums up the real-life situation on the upper edges of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago and Greenland, home to the world’s oldest and thickest sea ice. Canada in 2019 designated the area the Tuvaijuittuq Marine Protected Area. To scientists and others it’s simply called “the Last Ice area.”