Properties and stratigraphy of polar ice patches in the Canadian High Arctic reveal their current resilience to warm summers

• Published in: Arctic Science
• Main Authors: Davesne, Gautier, Fortier, Daniel, Domine, Florent
• Other Authors: Takuvik Joint International Laboratory ULAVAL-CNRS, Université Laval Québec (ULaval)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: HAL CCSD 2022
• Subjects: ice patch; polar desert; climate change; snowpack; slope hydrology; [SDE]Environmental Sciences; Arctic; Hunt Island; Ward Hunt Island; Climate change
• Online Access: https://hal.science/hal-03870767; https://hal.science/hal-03870767/document; https://hal.science/hal-03870767/file/139-DavesneAS2021.pdf; https://doi.org/10.1139/as-2021-0011

International audience Ice patches are ubiquitous in polar regions and are a key element for landscape evolution. We present new insights into polar desert ice patch formation based on snow and ice properties at Ward Hunt Island (Canadian High Arctic, 83°N). Our results demonstrate that ice patches...