Pingos, volcano-shaped cones of ice and sand, are an iconic symbol of the Western Arctic, and thanks to a grounded geologist and modern mapping techniques, Canada just got a lot more of them. About ...

In frozen regions, ice can force the ground into mounds called pingos – conspicuous landmarks in flat landscapes On a cold day, bare earth crunches underfoot. This is because ice needles have formed, ...

Pingos are spectacular landforms associated with permafrost in the Arctic. They are circular or elliptical formations protruding from the level ground of the tundra, and can be up to 60 meters high.

Pingos may sound cute, but they are not cute, even though they start out as small, kinda cute, mounds of earth. Rather, they are monsters from the depths. Whether pingos are threatening is a ...

Rare species set to return to ‘pingos’, which are basin forged by ice age and then buried to give way to farmland Ghost pingos, unique ponds forged by the ice age and buried during the era of ...