ABSTRACTS ASM2019 Abstracts
ABSTRACTS ASM2019 Abstracts Table of Contents Oral Presentations p. 2 Poster Presentations p. 148 ASM2019 Abstracts Oral Presentations Oral Presentations MAPPING PERMAFROST AND INITIATING drones, surficial geology mapping and GIS applications, COMMUNITY-BASED MONITORING ON ground penetrating radar surveys, drilling and core PERMAFROST AND ECOSYSTEM CHANGES permafrost extraction, and installation of thermistor cables NEAR KUGLUKTUK: SHARING THE to initiate a long term ground temperature and climate EXPERIENCE OF A PARTNERSHIP INVOLVING change monitoring program. The fieldwork takes about SCIENCE, TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE, AND two weeks every summer and is carried out with youth LOCAL CREATIVITY from the community and park staff being trained in the use of the research tools and developing skills in permafrost Allard, Michel (1) (presenter), G. Attatahak (2), L. sampling, thermistor cable installation and datalogger Adjun(2), L. Papatsie(3), M.-A. Ducharme(4), S. programming. The field work is overseen by an elder and Coulombe(5), S.Bilodeau (1) and S.Gagnon(1) offers an opportunity for young adults to taste their interest (1) Centre d'études nordiques, Université Laval, Québec, in environmental studies for a potential career. The project QC also includes other activities: one day initiation courses in (2) Kugluk Territorial Park, Kugluktuk, NU basic permafrost science at the occasion of winter or fall (3) Nunavut Parks & Special Places, Department of meetings in conjunction with meetings of the Community Environment, Government of Nunavut, Iqaluit, NU. Joint Park Management Committee, public radio shows, (4) ArcticNet, Québec city an "initiation to permafrost" in children summer camps in (5) Polar Knowledge Canada, Cambridge Bay, NU the park and open community encounters at the occasion of "Park Day" in summer.
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