| Download | - View final version: Permafrost in North America (PDF, 1.1 MiB)
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| Author | Search for: Legget, R. F.1 |
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| Affiliation | - National Research Council of Canada
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| Format | Text, Article |
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| Conference | Permafrost International Conference, November 11, 1963, Lafayette, Indiana, United States |
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| Physical description | 6 p. |
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| Subject | permafrost; soils; history; construction technology |
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| Abstract | This paper gives a brief history of permafrost investigations in North America starting with the observations of early explorers. In more recent years a concerted attempt has been made to deal with the problems resulting from construction and transportation in permafrost regions. Expeditions down the Mackenzie River led to the establishment of a small research lab. at Norman Wells. The work of the Geological Survey of Canada all over the north is well known. Selection of the new townsite of Inuvik and the new town of Thompson, where a nickel mine is now in operation, are recent projects that have greatly enhanced our engineering knowledge of permafrost beyond what existed when the Alaska Highway and the Hudson Bay railway were built. |
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| Publication date | 1966-10-01 |
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| Language | English |
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| Peer reviewed | No |
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| NRC number | NRCC 9268
NRC-IRC-515 |
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| NPARC number | 20375549 |
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| Record identifier | bd15de71-3fe2-4976-bfac-7b67eed2965e |
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| Record created | 2012-07-23 |
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| Record modified | 2024-01-05 |
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