Posted by Ben Richards,
North Country explorer from North Creek, New York
North Country explorer from North Creek, New York
February 4, 2015 —
This photo depicts one of the first Ice Sheet melts of the year on a warm day in early February. The early melt is the beginning of a long thaw and the tail end of a long cold winter. For wildlife this means more readily available water, but it also means a quickly depleting subnivean zone which, serves as great shelter from predators in the winter.