That's ice covering the entire shallow water shoreline of the lake. In winter, ice is 6-8 ft thick and then begins melting at the surface in late spring. This glacier-like ice mass extended 2-3 ft thick along miles of shoreline lake bottom. Nearby, small streams enter the lake where Grayling were spawning.

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Tartan Rapids in winter's embrace. On this trip, we finally found fish eggs. DNA testing will determine if it is Cisco or Whitefish eggs.

Nikon D700 FX
Nikon 12-24mm f/4G IF-ED AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor
Lens set at 18mm
125 ASA

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This is an interesting view as I approach one of the remaining ice tunnels. Some of the ceiling has melted. The big falls can be seen at the other end. Almost July and a heat wave of 30 Celsius yet the ice world holds on!

Nikon D90
Nikon 12-24mm f/4G IF-ED AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor
Lens set at 12 mm
Hoya Polarized filter
200 ASA

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Early evening and the melting ice cave takes on an eerie glow.

Nikon D90
Nikkor 12-24 mm zoom lens
Lens set at 14 mm
500 ASA

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May 28, 2011. Ice walls up to 15 feet (5m) high are slow to melt on a Grayling stream near Yellowknife in the Northwest Territories. I had to dodge and burn to balance out the complicated lighting situation and the extreme contrasts it created.

Nikon D90
Nikon 12-24mm f/4G IF-ED AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor
Lens set at 12 mm
Hoya Polarized filter
TTL flash set at +1.5
200 ASA

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