Study the image of a high-mountain area below. State the characteristics which present challenges for human habitation (housing, road and communication infrastructure) and resource development (agriculture, mineral extraction).

PERIGLACIAL ENVIRONMENTS

TASK 1: Watch the videos and note how challenges (relief, climate, human discomfort, inaccessibility, and remoteness) present challenges for human habitation and resource development

CHALLENGES OF PERIGLACIAL ENVIRONMENTS

Periglacial environments have a cold climate and are frequently marginal (next to) to glacial environments. These areas are subject to intense cycles of freezing and thawing of surface sediments. 

Permafrost is soil, rock or sediment that is frozen for more than two consecutive years. Permafrost is closely associated with periglacial environments and permafrost processes take place within a periglacial environment

CHALLENGES OF PERMAFROST

TASK 2: Access the resources and make notes on how periglacial environments create challenges for human habitation and resource development, as well as the measures used to overcome them.

HUMAN HABITATION AND RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT

Illustrate the challenges and explain how they affect human habitation and resource development.

RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT IN PERIGLACIAL AREAS

CASE STUDY: TRANS-ALASKA PIPELINE

1. Research the trans-Alaska pipeline and note some key facts

2. Watch the video documentary and complete the A3 writing frame