Using Spatial Regression as a Tool for Permafrost Hazard Assessment: A Case Study of the Hudson Bay Railway

• Main Author: Agyei, Nana Kwabena Frimpong
• Other Authors: Hayley, Jocelyn L., Lauer, Rachel Mollie, Papalexiou, Simon
• Format: Master Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: Graduate Studies 2025
• Subjects: Permafrost Hazards; Linear Infrastructure; Hudson Bay Railway; Engineering > Civil; Herchmer; Hudson; Hudson Bay; Ice; permafrost
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/1880/120980; https://doi.org/10.11575/PRISM/48570

The Hudson Bay Railway (HBR) has faced increasing instability and rising maintenance costs due to permafrost thaw, a process accelerated by climate change over the past three decades. Geotechnical investigations have identified the Herchmer Subdivision as the most severely impacted area, with histor...