Icing processes associated with high Arctic perennial springs, Axel Heiberg Island, Nunavut, Canada

• Published in: Permafrost and Periglacial Processes
• Main Author: Pollard, Wayne H.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2005
• Subjects: Arctic; Axel Heiberg Island; Canada; Colour Peak; Expedition Fiord; Gypsum Hill; Heiberg; Nunavut; Whitsunday Bay; Permafrost and Periglacial Processes
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ppp.515; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1002%2Fppp.515; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/ppp.515

Abstract Saline perennial springs have been documented at six locations on Axel Heiberg Island in the Canadian high Arctic. Spring discharge rates, temperatures and chemistry, and associated icing and frost mound formation have been documented at two locations in the Expedition Fiord area since 1988...