Keywords: outdoor An intricate maze of small lakes and waterways define the Yukon Delta at the confluence of Alaska's Yukon and Kuskokwim Rivers with the frigid Bering Sea. Wildlife abounds on the delta and offshore where sheets of sea ice form during the coldest months of the year. This scene was acquired on May 26, 2002, by the ASTER instrument on NASA's Terra satellite. (Credit: NASA/U.S. Geological Survey) An intricate maze of small lakes and waterways define the Yukon Delta at the confluence of Alaska's Yukon and Kuskokwim Rivers with the frigid Bering Sea. Wildlife abounds on the delta and offshore where sheets of sea ice form during the coldest months of the year. This scene was acquired on May 26, 2002, by the ASTER instrument on NASA's Terra satellite. (Credit: NASA/U.S. Geological Survey) |