Regions: Inuvialuit Settlement Region
Tags: physical sciences, active layer, permafrost, snow
| Principal Investigator: | Nixon, Fredrick M. (2) |
| Licence Number: | 14325 |
| Organization: | Geological Survey of Canada, NRCan |
| Licensed Year(s): |
2008
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| Issued: | Apr 02, 2008 |
| Project Team: | William Hurst (Assistant, Aurora Research Institute) |
Objective(s): The objective of this project is to conduct snow surveys at selected sites in the Mackenzie Delta, related to permafrost studies.
Project Description: The objective of this project is to conduct snow surveys at selected sites in the Mackenzie Delta, related to permafrost studies. Snow surveys will be carried out at three selected sites in the Delta during early April. These are Circumpolar Active Layer Monitoring Program sites. There is a grid marked on these locations, where the researchers will be measuring the snow pack and snow density. Measuring the snow pack will be done with a measuring stick throughout the grid. Snow density will be studied by digging two or three pits in the snow and observing the snow layers characteristics, and taking density samples (snow samples are brought back to Inuvik, where the volume vs. water content are observed). The sites will be accessed by helicopter from Inuvik. Researchers will stay on each site for a few hours at the most. Fieldwork will be conducted from April 03 to 10, 2008, in the Mackenzie Delta at these three locations: North Point, Lousy Point and Williams Island.
