Thermal Environments of Arctic Soil Organisms during Winter

• Published in: Arctic and Alpine Research
• Main Authors: Coulson, S.J., Hodkinson, I.D., Strathdee, A.T., Block, W., Webb, N.R., Bale, J.S., Worland, M.R.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: University of Colorado 1995
• Subjects: Arctic; Abisko; Arctic and Alpine Research; polar night; Subarctic; Spitsbergen
• Online Access: http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/515560/; https://doi.org/10.2307/1552029

This paper compares winter soil temperatures at five high arctic sites (Ny Alesund, West Spitsbergen) and one subarctic site (Slattatjakka, Abisko) during 1992/93 and 1993/94. At the high arctic sites snow cover afforded slight insulation where minimum air temperatures were as low as -32 degrees C (...