• Maintenance is planned for NSIDC's network on Thursday, October 15 between 6:00 a.m. and 8:15 a.m. (U.S. Mountain Time). Brief disruptions in access to the NSIDC web site and data archive are possible during the maintenance.

poorly-bonded permafrost
ice-bearing permafrost in which few of the soil particles are held together by ice.
Topic(s):
frozen ground or permafrost

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