Permafrost investigations at Aklavik, 1953: drilling and sampling

• Main Authors: Pihlainen, J. A., Johnston, G. H.
• Format: Report
• Language: English
• Published: National Research Council of Canada 1954
• Subjects: permafrost; pergélisol; soils; sol; soil investigation; reconnaissance du sol; soil tests; essai de sol; site surveying; planimétrie; temperature; température; sol (terre); Aklavik; Ice
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.4224/20358965; https://nrc-publications.canada.ca/eng/view/ft/?id=d37017c1-9e65-4673-b83b-1ed528c16803; https://nrc-publications.canada.ca/eng/view/object/?id=d37017c1-9e65-4673-b83b-1ed528c16803; https://nrc-publications.canada.ca/fra/voir/objet/?id=d37017c1-9e65-4673-b83b-1ed528c16803

The Aklavik investigations were located at the site of a proposed ten-room school and an eight-room teacherage on the northern end of the settlement. The site was low lying and covered with an organic layer about 12 inches thick. Fifteen bore holes were drilled; three exploratory and twelve for ther...