Smithsonian Report, 1963. — Shetler 



Plate 3 



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1. A typical expanse of tundra on the Arctic Coastal Plain cf Alaska, just west of Point 

 Barrow. Characteristicall}', the landscape is flat and dotted with numerous lakes as far 

 as the e\-e can see. Aerial photograph taken at about 2,000 feet. 



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2. Closeup view of Arctic Coastal Plain tundra south of Point Barrow with a continuous 

 grass-sedge heath. The t}'pical low, hummocky microrelief of arctic tundra is evident. 

 Here, in early July 1959, flowering had hardly begun. 



