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Water chemistry and benthic pigments in the Lake Meretta wetlands, Resolute...
The Meretta wetlands are an extensive area of shallow lakes, ponds and streams that mostly drain into Meretta Lake, in the Resolute Bay area, on Cornwallis Island in the... -
Zooplankton abundance and biomass in Arctic lakes and ponds of Southern...
Arctic landscapes are characterized by the presence of many lakes and ponds that exhibit distinct physico-chemical and biological properties. Since 2018, we have been studying... -
Size and bathymetry of Greiner Lake and other large lakes in its watershed, Nunavut
Most of the world’s lakes are in the Arctic, yet very little is known about these aquatic environments. We present here the size and depth data for five large lakes in the... -
Limnological and cytometry data for Ward Hunt Lake, Nunavut
Limnological profile and cytometry of Ward Hunt Lake, located on Ward Hunt Island, Nunavut, Canada. Data were collected during a field campaign in July 2022. The various... -
Limnological and pigment data for surface waters along a hydrological...
Northern terrestrial ecosystems are undergoing rapid transformation, potentially affecting the chemistry and microbial community structure in rivers flowing through them. The... -
Ground temperature under unmitigated embankment along the Alaska Highway at...
The data are from a test section of the Beaver Creek experimental road site (BC-RES) (62° 20' N; 140° 50' W; 649 m a.s.l.). The dataset covers the period 1/10/2008 - 31/12/2018.... -
Ground temperature under unmitigated embankment and in natural conditions...
The data are from a test section of the Beaver Creek experimental road site (BC-RES) (62° 20' N; 140° 50' W; 649 m a.s.l.). The dataset covers the period 13/04/1997 -... -
Limnological and metabolic data of 35 lakes in the Greiner Lake watershed,...
Properties of Arctic lakes vary depending on the type of soil, major sources of water, size of the lake, elevation and climatic conditions among others. We studied 35 lakes of... -
Meteorological, snow and soil data on shrub tundra at Bylot Island, Canadian...
These data were obtained on shrub tundra (Salix richardsonii) in the Canadian high Arctic, in Qarlikturvik valley on Bylot Island at 73°11'N, 79°45'W. A 1-year time series of... -
Retrogressive thaw slump activity and related lake colour change in five...
This database contains the spatial coordinates and years (timing and duration) of activity for more than 7400 retrogressive thaw slumps (RTS) in five areas of the western... -
Inventory of rock glaciers in the Torngat Mountains of northern Labrador
The Torngat Mountains of northern Labrador are an Arctic cordilleran mountain range located at the southern limit of the Canadian Arctic. Sparse observations of periglacial... -
Morphometry of glacial lakes formed in front of glaciers C-93 and C-79
In formerly glaciated permafrost regions, extensive areas are still underlain by a considerable amount of glacier ice buried by glacigenic sediments. Although the extent and... -
Ground temperature in natural conditions along the Alaska Highway at the...
This dataset comes from a borehole located along the Alaska Highway at the Beaver Creek Road Experimental Site (BC-RES), Yukon, Canada. Measurements were made every 4h... -
Climate station data from Purple Valley at the head of Milne Fiord, northern...
This dataset provides a long-term weather record from Purple Valley, Ellesmere Island. This location is near the head of Milne Fiord and can serve as an index location for the... -
Vegetation cover in and near drained basins in Old Crow Flats, Yukon, Canada
From August 25 to September 1, 2022, fieldwork was conducted in Old Crow Flats, Yukon (Canada) to study thermokarst lake and drained basin dynamics. As part of this work,... -
Snow and temperature regime of a perennial ice patch, Ward Hunt Island,...
Long-term monitoring of an ice patch at Ward Hunt Island on the northern coast of Ellesmere Island (83°06'N 074°10'W; Nunavut, Canada) provides information on the seasonal and... -
Particulate matter and dissolved organic carbon concentrations in northern...
Ice covers northern lakes for much of the year and has biological and biogeochemical properties that differ from those in the underlying water. Since 2017, we have studied lake... -
Ground and air temperature under two sheds along the Alaska Highway at the...
To assess the impact of two sheds used to limit permafrost warming and degradation on a road embankment, soil surface and air temperatures were recorded with iButton sensors... -
Air and ground temperature, air humidity and site characterization data from...
A network of temperature and humidity sensors was deployed near Yellowknife, Canada to establish 28 distinct study sites reflecting landscape variability. The field campaign was... -
In-situ snowpack physical properties in northeastern Canada (Québec,...
This data set is a compilation of in-situ snow cover measurements acquired during multi-site and multi-date measurement campaigns. It includes snow depth, bulk density and snow...
