The development of Kangiqsualujjuaq and the threat of snow avalanches in a permafrost degradation context, Nunavik, Canada

• Published in: Espace populations sociétés
• Main Authors: Decaulne, Armelle, Bhiry, Najat, Faucher-Roy, Janie, Boily, Clara Pelletier
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Université des Sciences et Technologies de Lille 2021
• Subjects: village nordique; versants; couche active; croissance démographique; avalanches; Canada; Nordic village; slopes; active layer; demographic growth; snow avalanches; geo; envir; Kangiqsualujjuaq; Nunavik; inuit; permafrost
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.4000/eps.10497; http://journals.openedition.org/eps/10497

Slope processes are active in the rolling plateau landscapes of Nunavik, Northern Québec, Canada. There are a few short but very steep escarpments in this region. On January 1st, 1999 a powerful snow avalanche struck Kangiqsualujjuaq, one of the 14 Inuit villages in Nunavik. Nine people died and 25...