The development of Kangiqsualujjuaq and the threat of snow avalanches in a permafrost degradation context, Nunavik, Canada

• Published in: Espace populations sociétés
• Main Authors: Armelle Decaulne, Najat Bhiry, Janie Faucher-Roy, Clara Pelletier Boily
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English; French
• Published: Université des Sciences et Technologies de Lille 2021
• Subjects: Nordic village; slopes; active layer; demographic growth; snow avalanches; Canada; Geography. Anthropology. Recreation; G; Social sciences (General); H1-99; Nunavik; Kangiqsualujjuaq; inuit; permafrost
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.4000/eps.10497; https://doaj.org/article/3136550789ed47af9a4bf31c8a7d324d

Slope processes are active in the rolling plateau landscapes of Nunavik, Northern Québec, Canada. There are a few short but very steep escarpments in this region. On January 1st, 1999 a powerful snow avalanche struck Kangiqsualujjuaq, one of the 14 Inuit villages in Nunavik. Nine people died and 25...