Some Observations on Permafrost Distribution at a Lake in the Mackenzie Delta, N.W.T., Canada

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Authors: Johnston, G.H., Brown, R.J.E.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 1964
• Subjects: Energy budgets; Heat transmission; Movement; Ocean currents; Sea ice; Temporal variations; Winds; East Greenland Current; Arctic Ocean; Arctic; Canada; Greenland; Lake Hand; Mackenzie Delta; East Greenland; east greenland current; Ice; permafrost
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/66551

Reports investigations of the thawing effect of water on permafrost in northern Mackenzie District during Apr 1961. Holes were drilled under the center of a small, shallow lake with a mean bottom temperature higher than 32 degrees F and at various distances to the west of the lake. Hand probings wer...