Permafrost, Glaciers and Sea Ice (Nunavut)
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.
- Publisher
- Natural Resources Canada
- Resources
- 4
- Catalogue metadata updated
- 2022-03-14
Data overview
- Formats
- JP2, OTHER, ZIP
- File languages
- English, French