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Figure 9.7. Differential uplifts and settlements recorded in the four comers of building 9 in Alaska Field
Station, 4.5 km to the northeast of Fairbanks, Alaska. The movements result from seasonal freeze-thaw
cycles (up to 5 cm) and the long-term gradual thawing of the permafrost (up to 10 cm in 10 years) (Lobacz
and Quinn, 1966, in Harris (1986), Figure 4.3).
Figure 9.8. Several buildings in the Argentinean Comodoro Marumbio Base in James Ross Island, east of
the Antarctic Peninsula. The buildings are supported by protruding piles allowing the free circulation of
the air beneath the base of the structures with the aim of dissipating the irradiated heat (Photo: MartinSerrano).
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Figure 9.7. Differential uplifts and settlements recorded in the four comers of building 9 in Alaska Field
Station, 4.5 km to the northeast of Fairbanks, Alaska. The movements result from seasonal freeze-thaw
cycles (up to 5 cm) and the long-term gradual thawing of the permafrost (up to 10 cm in 10 years) (Lobacz
and Quinn, 1966, in Harris (1986), Figure 4.3).
Figure 9.8. Several buildings in the Argentinean Comodoro Marumbio Base in James Ross Island, east of
the Antarctic Peninsula. The buildings are supported by protruding piles allowing the free circulation of
the air beneath the base of the structures with the aim of dissipating the irradiated heat (Photo: MartinSerrano).