Permafrost, Glaciers and Sea Ice (Nunavut)

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Description:
Nunavut’s cold climate makes it a territory consisting of mostly barren land and permafrost. Permafrost is soil or rocks whose temperature remains at or below the freezing point for a long period of time. Glaciers, a mass of snow and ice that does not melt from year to year prevail in the Innuitian Mountains. Permanent sea ice occurs in the northern part of the Arctic Ocean. Le climat arctique du Nunavut en fait un territoire essentiellement recouvert de terre stérile et de pergélisol. Le pergélisol consiste en roches ou sols dont la température est égale ou inférieure au point de congélation pendant de longues périodes. Les glaciers sont une masse pérenne de neige et de glace; on les retrouve dans les montagnes Inuitiennes sur la côte nord-est du Nunavut. La glace marine permanente se forme au nord de l’océan Arctique.
Source Repository:
Open Data Canada
Series:
Atlas of Canada, 6th Edition
Publisher(s):
Natural Resources Canada | Ressources naturelles Canada
Access:
Public
License:
Open Government Licence - Canada http://open.canada.ca/en/open-government-licence-canada
URL:
https://open.canada.ca/data/en/dataset/e6e1745e-8893-11e0-94f7-6cf049291510
Publication date:
2010-12-31
Subjects:
form descriptors, nature and environment, and science and technology
Keywords (EN):
map, permafrost, and demographic maps
Keywords (FR):
pergélisol, carte demographique, and carte

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Permafrost, Glaciers and Sea Ice (Nunavut). (2010). [Data set]. Open Data Canada. https://open.canada.ca/data/en/dataset/e6e1745e-8893-11e0-94f7-6cf049291510
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