The Effect of Permafrost on Northern Communities

Here is a short presentation I did for a climate change course on Permafrost and the north:

 

http://prezi.com/pkqtxbc50z7r/the-effect-of-permafrost-on-northern-canadian-locales/?utm_campaign=share&utm_medium=copy

 

This presentation uses approximately four minutes of audio from the documentary :  Inuit Knowledge and Climate Change.  Pangnirtung, Nunavut residents speak in their native tongue about a flash flood that occurred in June 2008.  The flash flood caused the collapse of two bridges that connect the north and south end of the community over the Duval River.  The bridges were built on the community’s permafrost.  The permafrost in the northern latitudes is becoming unstable for our infrastructure as the permafrost thaws.   I do voice over English translation using the documentary’s subtitles. The audio is 3 minutes and 47 seconds long.

 

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26 February 2014

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