ESIEH LAKE- ARCTIC CIRCLE, AK – AUGUST 25: A rainbow over the tundra near Esieh Lake in NW Alaska . (Photo by Jonathan Newton / The Washington Post / Used with Permission)
ESIEH LAKE- ARCTIC CIRCLE, AK – AUGUST 22 Bubbling Water (Used with Permission)
ESIEH LAKE- ARCTIC CIRCLE, AK – AUGUST 23: Field Technician/Engineer, Philip Hanke, dives to reach the bottom to collect samples of sediment around the opening of the seep holes at the bottom of Esieh Lake during their study of the geologic methane gas in NW Alaska . (Photo by Jonathan Newton / The Washington Post / Used with Permission)
ESIEH LAKE- ARCTIC CIRCLE, AK – AUGUST 22: Philip Hanke, Field Technician/Engineer, and Janelle Sharpe, master’s student at the University of Alaska, Fairbanks, looks for measurements of the concentration levels take measurements during their study of the geologic methane gas as it seeps out of Esieh Lake in NW Alaska . (Photo by Jonathan Newton / The Washington Post / Used with Permission)
ESIEH LAKE- ARCTIC CIRCLE, AK – AUGUST 22: Philip Hanke, Field Technician/Engineer, uses a permafrost probe to measure the depth of the ice under the soil layer during their study of the geologic methane gas as it seeps out of Esieh Lake in NW Alaska . (Photo by Jonathan Newton / The Washington Post / Used with Permission)
