Kobuk Valley National Park on Instagram: "🎶...and Pingo was its Name-O!🎶 Pingos, as we once read, are geologic pimples! They are formed when water freezes to form ice cores, which then push
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These mounds found in permafrost environments are known as Pingos. They have a core of ice that presses upward due to expansion against the frozen ground layer or active hydraulic pressure from
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