Living With Frozen Ground - A field guide to permafrost in Yellowknife (Sǫ̀mbak'è), Northwest Territories

This guidebook describes some of the challenges to development that permafrost, or frozen ground, presents to the City of Yellowknife.

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Champ	Valeur
Creator	Stephen A. Wolfe
Summary	This guide provides an overview of the geological events, subarctic environment and recent human developments that have shaped this city, and describes permafrost occurrence in Yellowknife, the impacts of permafrost on development, and potential changes to permafrost under conditions of possible climate warming.
Local Relevance	This document is a guide for permafrost and its occurrence in and around Yellowknife.
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Mots-clés	Yellowknife,Permafrost,Infrastructure,Guide
Geographic Region	North Slave
Release Date	1998-01-01
Last Modified Date	1998-01-01
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