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Within the Arctic Circle is a several thousand square mile patch of sand just barely above sea level. It forms a vast desert like environment with sand dunes, but while also being host to potential polar bear habitat. Known as Bunge Land, it is the largest feature of its kind, although its origin is somewhat similar to how the Great Kobuk Sand Dunes formed in Alaska. Thumbnail Photo Credit: Google Earth, Image Landsat / Copernicus, Image IBCAO. This image was then overlaid with text, and overlaid with GeologyHub made graphics (the GeologyHub logo and the image border). If you would like to support this channel, consider using one of the following links: (Patreon: http://patreon.com/geologyhub) (YouTube membership: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYeGh5VML5XPr5jYnzh3J6g/join) (Gemstone & Mineral Etsy store: http://prospectingarizona.etsy.com) (GeologyHub Merch Etsy store: http://geologyhub.etsy.com) Google Earth imagery used in this video: ©Google & Data Providers This video is protected under "fair use". If you see an image and/or video which is your own in this video, and/or think my discussion of a scientific paper (and/or discussion/mentioning of the data/information within a scientific paper) does not fall under the fair use doctrine, and wish for it to be censored or removed, contact me by email at geologyhubyt@gmail.com and I will make the necessary changes. Various licenses used in sections of this video (not the entire video, this video as a whole does not completely fall under one of these licenses) and/or in this video's thumbnail image: Public Domain: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/ CC BY 2.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/legalcode 0:00 An Arctic Desert 0:56 Location of Bunge Land 2:01 Other Examples 3:18 Wind Blown Sand 4:04 Conclusion