Permafrost investigations in the MacKenzie Delta

• Main Author: Brown, R. J. E.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 1958
• Subjects: permafrost; pergélisol; soils; sol; drilling; forage; site analysis; analyse du site; soil investigation; reconnaissance du sol; Aklavik; Mackenzie Delta; Ice
• Online Access: https://nrc-publications.canada.ca/eng/view/ft/?id=7f1c398d-ae1c-4525-97db-773cfc790dcc; https://nrc-publications.canada.ca/eng/view/object/?id=7f1c398d-ae1c-4525-97db-773cfc790dcc; https://nrc-publications.canada.ca/fra/voir/objet/?id=7f1c398d-ae1c-4525-97db-773cfc790dcc

In 1953 the Canadian government decided that a new townsite should be found for Aklavik. The poor soils for building dictated that the new site be off the Mackenzie Delta. The ground conditions encountered at the various potential townsite areas were prime factors in determining their suitability as...