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Mysterious Life of Caves

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Lake Chandalar photo

Lake Chandalar
Just under seven feet deep, Lake Chandalar is slowly losing surface area to an ever-growing margin of shelfstone, on which the two cavers in this image crouch. Lake Chandalar offers access to the Lebarge Borehole, an impressive tubular corridor lined with pure white gypsum.

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