[Perma]frost Landscape

This slideshow is part of: Master of Architecture II Spring 2012

[Perma]frost Landscape

Seongmo Ahn

The permafrost process of freezing and thawing in the North Slope of Alaska produces permanent vibrations of the ice and surface water. This creates polygonal cracks and a concomitant network of ice wedges that frame thermokarst lakes. As a result of this process pingos, or ice “volcanoes,” which contain a pure water ice core are created. These processes relate to each other in different spatiotemporal scales, creating unique permafrost landscapes.

 

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