Report on 2012–2017 shallow ground thermal investigations on the Tibbitt to Contwoyto Winter Road portages, Northwest Territories

This report looks into the effects warming temperature and ground will have on transportation/infrastructure in the north.

Data and Resources

Field	Value
Creator	W.E. Sladen, P.D. Morse, and S.A. Wolfe
Summary	A field campaign was conducted in 2012-2017 to collect baseline geoscience data to determine air, surface, and near-surface ground temperature conditions along the Tibbitt to Contwoyto Winter Road (TCWR), Great Slave region, Northwest Territories. This field initiative was conducted in support of Natural Resources Canada’s Climate Change Geoscience Program project entitled Transportation Risk in the Arctic to Climatic Sensitivity. Thermal data are presented in a digital format that can be utilized for assessments of permafrost sensitivity to climate change and for infrastructure planning.
Local Relevance	Lots of roads in NWT are affected my warming temperatures
Notes
Tags	Infrastructure,Permafrost,Soil,Research
Geographic Region	North Slave
Release Date	2018-01-01
Last Modified Date	2018-01-01
Funding Program