Microscope slide of Protoccus nivalis, or "red snow," collected at Cape York
Greenland scientific equipment
Aug. 1, 19081 x 2 15/16 x 1/16 in. (3 x 8 cm)
Object Type:
scientific equipment
Creation Places:
North America, Greenland, Northwest Greenland
Medium and Support:
glass
Credit Line:
Gift of F. Gordon Foster
Accession Number:
1990.10.1
Microscope slide of an alga that grows on snow, giving it a crimson tinge. "Red snow" is now re-classified as Chlamydomonas nivalis. John Goodsell collected specimens at Salvo Island during the North Pole expedition.
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Latitude: 75.910834, Longitude: -66.452
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- Northward Over the Great Ice The Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum , 4/17/2008 - 9/5/2010
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