The distribution of permafrost and its relation to air temperature in Canada and theU.S.S.R

• Main Author: R. J. E. Brown
• Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Arctic 1960
• Subjects: Arctic; Canada; Taymyr; Cornwallis; Norman Wells; Hay River; Cornwallis Island; Antarc*; Antarctica; permafrost; Taymyr Peninsula; Siberia
• Online Access: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.563.2656; http://pubs.aina.ucalgary.ca/arctic/Arctic13-3-163.pdf

Distribution and origin of permafrost P ERMAFROST is a widespread phenomenon in the northern parts of North America and Eurasia, and in Antarctica. Between 40 and 50 per cent of Canada’s total land surface of 3.8 million square miles is underlain by permafrost. The total land area of the U.S.S.R. ex...