Evidence for Longevity of Seeds and Microorganisms in Permafrost

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Authors: Kjøller, Annelise, Ødum, Søren
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 1971
• Subjects: Beaches; Diesel fuels; Environmental impacts; Fuel oils; Intertidal zones; Marine oil spills; Marine petroleum transportation; Oil spill cleanup; Sea ice; Resolute Bay; Nunavut; Resolute; Burrows; Fairbanks; Yukon; Arctic; Barrow; Ice; permafrost; Alaska
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/66187

The problem of whether seeds and microorganisms are able to remain viable in permanently frozen ground during a very long span of years was recently considered by Porsild et al. who germinated Lupinus arcticus seeds from fossil rodent burrows in permanently frozen silt deposited in a placer mining a...