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PHOTO OF THE DAY October 26, 2003  

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Where St. Elias Mountains, Yukon Territory, Canada
When 1997
Photographer Robert Clark

"Chilled by creeping darkness, [a] team slogs home from [peaks] called Baldy, far left, and Butterfly Beach, the dark ridge at right. A rope binds them for safety. 'We can see big holes,' says [biologist David] Hik. 'We can't steer clear of snow-covered cracks.' A thousand yards [914.4 meters] ahead lie camp, dry clothes, and the end of a 16-hour workday.'

—From "Nunataks," December 1998, National Geographic magazine

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