A Century (1910-2008) of Change in a Collapsing Pingo, Parry Peninsula, Western Arctic Coast, Canada

• Published in: Permafrost and Periglacial Processes
• Main Authors: Mackay, J.R., Burn, C. (Christopher R.)
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2011
• Subjects: Canada; Collapse; Pingo; Shrub growth; Western Arctic; Arctic; Parry; Parry Peninsula; Permafrost and Periglacial Processes; Vulpes lagopus
• Online Access: https://ir.library.carleton.ca/pub/5679; https://doi.org/10.1002/ppp.723

An isolated, eroding pingo at the southern end of Parry Peninsula, N.W.T., Canada was first photographed in about 1910. The photograph allows examination of a century of landform change. Since 1910, the pingo crater pond has drained, the north side of the pingo has become well vegetated, the serrate...