CEN project
Site Kangirsuk
Photo mosaic illustrating the sampling sites of point H_L5_SP4, west of Kangirsuk, showing the type of desert tundra environment. 1 photo credit Alain Royer, 2008; 2 and 3 photo credit Alexandre Langlois, 2008.
Measurement site
Latitude
60
Longitude
-71.56
Altitude (m)
150
Site location
West of Kangirsuk, in northern Nunavik, on the west coast of Ungava Bay.
Site description
Measurement sites on a rocky plateau in a desert tundra environment acquired in late February 2008, as part of the International Polar Year (IPY) project. For more information on the data, see the references cited in Table 1 of the referenced article Royer et al. 2021, Ecoscience