Permafrost and climate change at Herschel Island (Qikiqtaruq), Yukon Territory, Canada

• Published in: Journal of Geophysical Research
• Main Authors: Burn, C. (Christopher R.), Zhang, Y.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2009
• Subjects: Canada; Collinson Head; Herschel Island; Yukon; Active layer thickness; Beaufort Sea; glacier*; Herschel; Ice; permafrost
• Online Access: https://ir.library.carleton.ca/pub/4519; https://doi.org/10.1029/2008JF001087

Herschel Island, in the southern Beaufort Sea, is dominantly a glacier ice thrust feature composed of ice-rich, perennially frozen sediments. Climate data are available for Herschel Island from 1899 to 1905 and 1995-2006. Air temperatures at Herschel Island are similar to sites on the adjacent mainl...