Permafrost

• Main Author: Legget, R. F.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 1972
• Subjects: permafrost; pergélisol; soils; sol (terre); civil engineering; génie civil; economics; science économique; pipelines; pipeline; cold regions; zone froide; Arctic; Canada; Rendu
• Online Access: https://nrc-publications.canada.ca/eng/view/ft/?id=20586f79-f29e-47b4-b300-46aaffe7dfca; https://nrc-publications.canada.ca/eng/view/object/?id=20586f79-f29e-47b4-b300-46aaffe7dfca; https://nrc-publications.canada.ca/fra/voir/objet/?id=20586f79-f29e-47b4-b300-46aaffe7dfca

The upsurge of public interest in northern regions in recent years has brought the name `permafrost' into the market place. The proposed construction of pipelines for gas and oil from the Arctic Coast to southern Canada is now generally known to be complicated by the existence of permafrost alo...