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Permafrost thaw slumping in lakes in the Mackenzie Delta region

Permafrost thaw slumping in lakes in the Mackenzie Delta region

by Charlie West The Mackenzie Delta region is the largest Arctic delta in North America and the second-largest in the circumpolar North. Located in the northern Northwest Territories, the Mackenzie Delta region is part of the traditional territories of the Gwich’in and Inuvialuit peoples. The region is almost entirely underlain with ice-rich permafrost, meaning the

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