Ice Wedge

Ice-filled crack in the permafrost zone in which water accumulates, freezes, and grows by cracking in winter and accumulation of new water in summer

Image Credit: Surface Ice Wedge by NRCan, 2024. . Licenced with Permission.
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English

Term Dialect
Ice wedge Standard English

Inuktut

Term Dialect
Siku qausiq Kivallirmiutut
Tingojak Nunatsiavummiutut

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