Water tracks in the High Arctic: a hydrological network dominated by rapid subsurface flow through patterned ground

• Published in: Arctic Science
• Main Authors: Michel Paquette, Daniel Fortier, Warwick F. Vincent
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English; French
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing 2017
• Subjects: patterned ground; permafrost hydrology; polar desert; sorted stripes; water tracks; geo; envir; Arctic; Ward Hunt Island; Hunt Island; Antarc*; Antarctica; permafrost; Alaska
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1139/as-2016-0014; https://doaj.org/article/3af8dfa5a65f44909fad0a3b652c2bfe

Water tracks play a major role in the headwater basin hydrology of permafrost landscapes in Alaska and Antarctica, but less is known about these features in the High Arctic. We examined the physical and hydrological properties of water tracks on Ward Hunt Island, a polar desert site in the Canadian...