Detail of a photo: Glacier with curved grey stripes flowing down a valley from snowy, rocky peaks under a blue sky with white clouds, beside a gravel path and a wooden fenced viewpoint.
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Thaw Slumps of the NWT

Thaw Slumps of the NWT

I recently across an article that reminded me of my field work days in the early stages of my PhD in the Canadian Arctic at retrogressive thaw slumps. The article discusses the impending catastrophic drainage of a lake when the thin strip of land separating it from a thaw slump fails (see article), which it will …[Read More]