(a) Map of the North American Arctic showing Blue Lake (white box) in the Brooks Range (dark grey shaded area) and other records discussed in the text (GKSD = Great Kobuk Sand Dunes, TL = Takahula Lake, FL = Farewell Lake, MtL = Mt. Logan, U60 = Lake U60, ML = Marcella Lake, US = Upper Soper Lake, DL = Donnard Lake, TB = Tuborg Lake, MrL = Murry Lake, and lake C2. (b) Topographic map of the Blue Lake drainage basin (shaded grey with a dashed outline), and the Blue Lake glacier in the upper part of the watershed. (c) Blue Lake with core locations