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 | | The river hits bedrock and drops around 30 feet in the first part, flattens out for a while, then gradually picks up speed and drops over some shallow ledges into a deep pool. |
 | | Although the tundra was similar to the terrain we had been paddling through all along, the river was narrower and more personal, often constricting in gorges between steep, rocky eskers and intricate, ice- carved sandbanks. |
 | | I yelled out a warning across the river, but I thought he must not have heard right- instead of getting into his boat and paddling away, he tied it to a rock, got out his camera, and started walking up the ridge. |
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