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Tuktoyaktuk, Canada
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Permafrost: the ground that never thaws
The ground that stays frozen all year, sometimes for thousands of years, beneath Alaska, Canada, Siberia, Greenland and the high mountains, and what changes when it starts to thaw.
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Tap a point on the map. About a quarter of the Northern Hemisphere's land has permafrost underneath; Brazil has none.
Sources: NSIDC (US National Snow and Ice Data Center), International Permafrost Association, Melnikov Permafrost Institute and CRREL. Map: Natural Earth.
Where to see it on your trip
Places in the guide related to this topic.
In the North American Arctic
Tuktoyaktuk, Canada
Fairbanks, the United States
Museu do Norte da Universidade do Alasca
the United States
Fairbanks
the United States
Anchorage
Canada
Yellowknife
Canada
Whitehorse
Canada
Churchill
In Greenland and Svalbard
Greenland
Ilulissat
Greenland
Nuuk
Greenland
Kangerlussuaq
In the high mountains
Switzerland
Zermatt
Argentina
Mendoza
