Etienne Godin just obtained a scholarship from the Northern Scientific Training Program (NSTP) which will be used to support his field logistics at Bylot Island (NU). NSTP is managed by the Canadian Polar Commission.

This summer Etienne will download the ground temperature data continuously recorded by the automatic logger system deployed in the permafrost nearby a gully. These temperatures are useful to better understand the degrading permafrost evolution and active layer dynamics near a gully.

He will update the gully mapping and localize current erosion zones. He will also sample water in a watershed surrounding a gully to obtain the isotopic signature of the various types of water involved in the permafrost degradation.

We wish you a nice fieldwork season !

Ongoing lake drainage (Bylot Island, NU, 2014)

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