Presenter: Peter Morse
Knowledge of permafrost conditions is needed to develop climate-resilient northern infrastructure. Where present, permafrost constitutes a landscape foundation and geohazards can develop if it thaws.
Presenter: Wendy Sladen
Thaw of ice-rich permafrost can reduce ground stability, modify terrain, and alter drainage patterns, affecting terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems
Presenter: Timothy Ensom
In permafrost regions the movement of water in riparian systems during winter has important implications for hydrology, land use, and infrastructure.
Presenter: Steven Kokelj
Thermokarst is the geomorphic manifestation of permafrost thaw. The first systematic aerial inventory and characterization of thaw-sensitive permafrost terrain was initiated for Northwest Territories
Presenter: Stephen Wolfe
Pingos are an integral part of the permafrost landscape of the Tuktoyaktuk Peninsula region.
Presenter: Stephan Gruber
A 2015 drilling campaign of the Slave Province Surficial Materials and Permafrost Study near Lac de Gras has recovered permafrost core interpreted to contain preserved basal ice of the Laurentide Ice Sheet.
Presenter: Sharon Smith
Knowledge of thermal and geotechnical properties of subsurface materials is critical for planning infrastructure development and adaptation to climate change in permafrost regions.
Presenter: Robin McKillop
Many communities in northern Canada do not have hazard maps to inform planning-level decisions regarding existing and proposed land use and infrastructure.
Presenter: Ed Hoeve
An office-based assessment of the anticipated future integrity of adfreeze steel pipe pile foundations of selected Government of the Northwest Territories buildings was conducted.
Presenter: Caroline Duchesne
A permafrost and active layer monitoring network, established in the Mackenzie Valley and Delta (NWT) by the Geological Survey of Canada, has been maintained since the 1980s.
