Tuktoyaktuk
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Tuktoyaktuk is an Inuvialuit hamlet near the Mackenzie River delta in the Inuvik Region of the Northwest Territories, Canada, at the northern terminus of the Inuvik–Tuktoyaktuk Highway. One of six Inu
North Warning System radar station at Tuktoyaktuk
Trans Canada Trail sign in Tuk
Pingo near Tuktoyaktuk, Northwest Territories
Tuktoyaktuk Community Cooler
Pingo
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Pingos are intrapermafrost ice-cored hills, 3–70 m high and 30–1,000 m in diameter. They are typically conical in shape and grow and persist only in permafrost environments, such as the Arctic and sub
Tuktoyaktuk
…Mackenzie River Delta, and is on the Arctic tree line. Tuktoyaktuk is the gateway for exploring Pingo Canadian Landmark, an area protecting eight nearby pingos in a region that contains about 1,350 of these Arctic ice-dome hills. The landmark comprises an area roughly 16 km2 (6.2 sq mi), just a few kilometres…
Ibyuk pingo near Tuktoyaktuk, northern Canada
View from top of a pingo towards another, within a partly drained lake, the Arctic Ocean in the background (near Tuktoyaktuk). July 20, 1975.
Collapsed pingo in the Mackenzie Delta. The outline of the previously drained lake can be seen. August 8, 1987.
Diagram showing how closed system (hydrostatic) pingos are formed