Environmental characteristics and gas composition of Lost Hammer, Canadian Arctic

• Main Authors: Niederberger, Thomas D, Perreault, Nancy N, Tille, Stephanie, Lollar, Barbara Sherwood, Lacrampe-Couloume, Georges, Andersen, Dale, Greer, Charles W, Pollard, Wayne H, Whyte, Lyle G
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: English
• Published: PANGAEA 2010
• Subjects: Canadian Arctic; HAND; International Polar Year (2007-2008); IPY; Lost_Hammer; Sampling by hand; Arctic; International Polar Year; permafrost
• Online Access: https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.817602; https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.817602

We report the first microbiological characterization of a terrestrial methane seep in a cryo-environment in the form of an Arctic hypersaline (~24% salinity), subzero (-5 C), perennial spring, arising through thick permafrost in an area with an average annual air temperature of -15 C. Bacterial and...