#Canadian Shield bedrock

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Yellowknife, NWT (No. 8)

Frame Lake is located in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada. It is an 84-hectare (210-acre) endorheic freshwater body located between the city's downtown section and a larger residential area. The Frame Lake Trail circles it, and city hall and the territorial legislative assembly building are on its shores.

Formed by meltwater after the end of the Wisconsin glaciation 20,000 years ago, Frame has been an important part of Yellowknife's history. The Dene in the area used it as a fishing spot before European settlement. In the early years of the city's growth, gold mines nearby dumped tailings in it and sometimes sewage. Later, when the city's New Town, now its downtown section, was surveyed and developed nearby, Frame offered accessible swimming and boating opportunities.

However, storm sewers diverted much of the runoff that fed it. Later development blocked the lake's only outflow, leaving it endorheic and complicating the problems caused by earlier pollution. By the early 1970s it no longer supported any fish; within two decades residents had stopped swimming or boating it out of fear of leeches. Subsequent studies have shown that the lake completely eutrophied sometime in the mid-1990s. They have not, however, been able to determine whether that was due to climate change, pollution or some combination of both; the possibility exists that the lake has always been at a higher trophic state than others in the area.

Some city residents have agitated for efforts to reclaim the lake so it will once again be a destination for swimmers, anglers and boaters in warm weather. To do so, it will be necessary to reoxygenate the water to the point that fish can again inhabit its waters. This could be accomplished either by aeration or dredging, which would remove the accumulated rotted organic matter on the lake bed that currently renders it anoxic when the lake is frozen over in the winter.

Source: Wikipedia

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Geology and The Terror

As a geologist who is incapable of turning off their geology brain even while watching shows for fun, one of the things that baffles me a bit about The Terror is why they continuously refer to the landscape as shale when both King William Island and the filming location in Pag, Croatia are dominated by limestone. Given the desolation of the landscape, the geology is rather at the forefront of many scenes so it was fun to try and parse it out as I watched.

King William Island, Nunavut, Canada

According to the official map of the bedrock of the region as published by the Canadian government (Harrison et al., 2015), the entirety of King William Island is mapped as dolostone, dolomitic limestone, and limestone with only minor components of shale, sandstone, conglomerate, and breccia. This is a shelf marine deposit dating back to the Late Cambrian, so this is very old sedimentary rock but younger than most of the surrounding hard rock that composes various parts of the Canadian shield. Notably, the pink units mapped on the Boothia Peninsula are Paleoproterozoic in age (2.5-1.6 billion years old), potentially up to 2 billion years older than the limestones of King William Island.

(This is an absolutely massive .pdf file with some scaled features so I would recommend viewing via the official publication to actually read anything or see fine details: publications.gc.ca/pub?id=9.557274&sl=0)

Notably, this map was published in 2015, 8 years after the novel was written. However, according to the bibliography for the map (which can be accessed via the previous link) a preliminary geologic map has existed for the area since at least 1967, though I was unable to track this publication down online. The novel was clearly thoroughly researched and Dan Simmons could have easily accessed this publication and others through multiple institutions.

The surficial geology of King William Island has also been mapped, and is predominantly glacial, as one would expect given it's location. For those unfamiliar with glacial geology processes, this is basically saying that the bedrock is buried under a bunch of glacial deposits. Glacial till is composed of rocks and sediments plucked from the bedrock and ground up. This is why the surface of the island is not one big rock, but a bunch of smaller pieces. Interestingly, the material on the southern part of the island is sandier because it contains more material derived from the Canadian Shield further south. If you're interested in glacial geology, I highly recommend zooming around a bit on Google Earth because the features here are GORGEOUS.

(This map is absolutely massive and the lines scale with zoom so it's hard to see at this resolution, access it here: publications.gc.ca/pub?id=9.834073&sl=0)

(Google Earth Pro, satellite imagery from 2020)

According to the surface geology map and Google Earth, the actual landscape of King William Island is much more water logged than it appears in the show. It's not entirely impossible that there has been some geomorphological change since 1848, but most of the features mapped would have been formed during the last ice age and as the glaciers melted and not more recently. This would have been handy for the men of the Franklin Expedition because each of these pools is filled with freshwater.

Pag, Croatia

Tracking down a geologic map of Croatia was somewhat challenging as I don't speak Croatian. I was able to find a map of the whole country, and while it's all in Croatian the symbol for the geologic time periods is universal so time periods can be correlated. This shows that the units that make up Pag are Cretaceous and Paleocene-Eocene in age.

(Map accessed here: https://www.hgi-cgs.hr/en/geoloska-karta-republike-hrvatske-1300-000/)

I was able to find a .pdf (access here: http://kig.kartografija.hr/index.php/kig/article/view/158/274) that had a bit more information on the map above but at a lower resolution. This states that the Cretaceous units are dominantly carbonates from the Adriatic sea and the Eocene units are also carbonates. This makes sense as both the Cretaceous and Paleocene-Eocene boundary/PETM are times of increased global temperature correlated with increases in global sea level.

As always, the best geology website out there, Macrostrat, also came through on the unit lithologies. I was unable to access the source listed on Macrostrat, but both the Cretaceous (green) and Paleocene-Eocene units (orange) are listed as limestone.

(Source: https://macrostrat.org/map/#x=16&y=23&z=2)

One of the best views that we get of the geology on Pag is the last scene with Bridgens in episode 9. During the zoom out of this scene we get a really nice view of the bedrock and debris covering it.

Given all of this, I'm really not sure where the landscape description as shale came from. If there is historical precedence for calling the rocks on the island shale, let me know! I have read a few books but none of the primary sources from the expeditions to this region, so if it comes from that I wouldn't be surprised.

Overall though, I have to say that the filming location was well chosen given the similarities it holds to the geology of King William Island.

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The Canadian Shield

Apparently, the Canadian Shield is a “geologic province”. That just means a large area with a lot of geology in common. I like it because it’s really WEIRD.

The Shield was created by glaciers sliding through. They scraped off all the topsoil and softer rock, and messed up all the watersheds. What developed in the ruins was a maze of endless rivers and lakes, large rocks covered in mosses and lichens, and trees. Lots of trees.¹

There are several things that I think are cool:

the rocks, moss, and lichen

the deranged drainage system

the endlessness

Rocks, Moss, and Lichen

Much of the Canadian Shield is covered in boreal forests (also called taiga). At least, wherever there’s enough dirt. But there is a LOT of exposed rock. And growing on those rocks are the coolest plants/animals in the world – lichens.

Lichens are a symbiosis of algae, fungi, and yeast! Some look like moss – all soft branched stalks. Some look like crunchy fungi or seaweed – growing off the rocks in weird ruffles. Others look like … paint? You know how some rocks will have coloured crusty spots that can be peeled off? Those are lichen! (Some are even powdery, but we don’t get many of those in the Shield.)

Then there’s ACTUAL moss. And moss is almost as cool as lichen! All wet and squishy and ridiculously complex if you look at it closely. Gorgeous stuff!

And finally, there’s the rocks themselves. If you live in an area with rocks, possibly you do not find them breathtaking. But I remember excitedly talking to my parents for SEVERAL MINUTES after seeing a rock in a field, because here in the prairies, you don’t see them.

And these are COOL rocks. Bedrock. Super hard igneous rock that doesn’t wear quickly. It forms cliffs and ravines, despite the fact that the area is quite flat on the macroscale. Canoeing under a cliff face that leans over you is an awe-inspiring experience. Staring down into the depths of the lake below you, seeing that it goes straight down, and then a few feet later the water is shallow. The rocks are big, and full of neat cracks, and pretty coloured, and … they’re good rocks.

Deranged Drainage System

Since the land is made of super hard rock that weathers slowly, and all the watersheds got messed up by the glaciers dumping rocks around the edges of the Shield, water struggles to form normal drainage systems. Rather than starting as small rivers and then combining  as they flow downstream, water just collects in every lowpoint. Thousands of small lakes form, connecting to each other at odd, sometimes hidden, points, with very little predictability. Rapids and waterfalls are common. Shorelines are very irregular, with all sorts of hidden coves. It becomes difficult to figure out what is an island, and what is the mainland.

Looking down from the air, the landscape seems fractal. Sitting on a rock, staring at the opposite shore, it’s obvious that this is true.

Navigating these waterchannels takes a LOT of skill. Mapping them barely helps – the maps are complex enough that it’s hard to absorb the correct information. The Nîhithaw (Cree) navigate by attaching stories to the landmarks, which makes it fun to travel with a guide.

Endlessness

The Canadian Shield is HUGE. It covers over half of Canada! The features that make it up are small, and complex. Most of it is sparsely inhabited. There are few roads; and a lot of areas, travel is either by boat or float plane.

The effect is that of an endless landscape. By plane, you can see more lakes than you can count, all difficult to identify. They stretch to the horizon in every direction.

By boat, you can see many, many interesting  and unique-seeming features. But half an hour later you’ll discover yourself in a spot that looks identical. You’re frequently slipping around blind corners and into narrow, hidden channels, which increases the sense of covering ground. But because you’re rarely going in a straight line, it’s difficult to figure out how far you’ve actually gone. It’s a maze, and it’s possible to travel it for days without seeing a single other human.

(Or you can see multiple groups of people over an hour long trip. It’s very unpredictable.)

That combination of isolation, scale, constantly changing view (that still stays the same TYPE of view), lets me truly  FEEL the vastness. Everything about me gets quiet in the Shield. I’ll suddenly find my face aching from smiling so big for so long. The world is endless and peaceful and not designed for me in the slightest.

It’s exhilarating.

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¹ There are a few different biomes in the Shield. But the main one, and the one I’ve mostly experienced, is the boreal forest. So that’s the part I’m focusing on. Especially the landscapes of the Whiteshell and northern Saskatchewan.

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Charleston Lake

Charleston Lake is located in South Eastern Ontario, just north east of Gananoque. The lake is carved out of the Frontenac Axis, a relatively narrow extension of the Canadian Shield bedrock which dominates the landscape of Northern Ontario. The lake is the principal watershed for the Gananoque River, and boasts prime fishing locations. Charleston Lake Provincial Park is located on the shores of the lake, and offers camping, hiking, boating, fishing and interpretive sessions. Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charleston_Lake That was just the beginning of this Series on Charleston Lake so don't turn that Dial we are just getting started. On Charleston Lake there is a lot of Species Diversity, the following is just a few examples: Black Rat Snakes

Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pantherophis_obsoletus

Chipmunks (Eastern Chipmunks / Tamias striatus)

Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chipmunk

Squirrels

Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squirrel

Black Cats in the woods

Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_cat

Leopard Frogs

Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leopard_frog

Fish:

Lake trout

Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_trout

Bass (Fish) (No Image Available)

(Fish Concluded)

Dragon Flies

Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dragonfly

Turtles

Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turtle

Crayfish

Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crayfish

Bees

Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bee

Seaweed

Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seaweed

Birch Trees

Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birch

Wasps

Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wasp

Eagles

Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eagle

Hummingbirds

Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hummingbird

Spiders

Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spider

Geese

Guess the Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goose

Ducks

Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duck

Swans

Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swan

These Species are key Parts of the Ecosystem and Biosphere at Charleston Lake. This Blog series will continue tomorrow when we cover Abiotic Components of the Biosphere & some concerns of the ecology of Charleston Lake.

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The granite bedrock of the Canadian Shield in Sylvia Grinnell Territorial Park, Iqaluit, Nunavut, Canada, was scraped clean by glaciers some 7,000 years ago.

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Basic question. I wanna know what’s your favorite place in the world and why.

ohhhh I’m so bad at picking favourites. simple question, complicated answer. but

there’s this geographical region called the Canadian Shield. according to britannica.com, it’s shaped like this:

and is “the largest mass of exposed Precambrian rock on the face of Earth” (source).

basically: it’s bedrock, breaching the surface of the earth like a pod of enormous whales. millennia ago, in some places at least, it used to be mountains; now, they’re worn down, most of their tops eroded away. what’s left is these massive swells of bedrock that break through the dirt, and I can’t quite explain what I love so much about it but there’s something so poetic about it. it feels old, when you stand on it, and massive. it absolutely dwarfs you.

I’m not sure I can explain it any better, so here’s a photo I took on the northern shores of Lake Superior early this fall. I love this land with all my heart.

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The Many Arms of Réservoir Gouin

Like other parts of the Canadian Shield, water is omnipresent in the Mauricie region of Quebec. Numerous lakes, large and small, dot the surface—a byproduct of the glaciers that carved depressions into the region’s igneous bedrock during the most recent ice age.

However, people also played a role in shaping the region&rquo;s waterways when they created Réservoir Gouin, the sprawling many-armed lake shown in this satellite image. The scene was acquired by the OLI (Operational Land Imager) on Landsat 8 on October 17, 2023. Dark patches northwest of the reservoir are recent burned areas; brown and yellow areas to the east have been logged.

Construction of the Gouin dam began in 1916 to regulate the flow of the Saint-Maurice River and make it easier to float wood to pulp and paper mills downstream. After the concrete structure—measuring 26 meters (85 feet) high and 502 meters (1,647 feet) long—was finished, it transformed the network of lakes and river valleys upstream into what was then the world’s largest reservoir. It also meant that Obedjiwan (also spelled Opitciwan), an Atikamekw village on the north shore of the new reservoir, had to move to higher ground.

Before the dam’s construction, the flow of the Saint-Maurice River varied sharply from one season to the next. In 1913, for instance, it fluctuated between 170 cubic meters per second in the summer and 5,700 cubic meters per second during the spring flood, according to Hydro Québec.

The dam ultimately curtailed such swings, but the reservoir still sees seasonal variations. In winter, managers lower water levels to make room for spring snowmelt and summer rains, and they allow water levels to peak in the late summer or fall.

Such seasonal variations in the water level are observable from space. Gouin is among more than 300 lakes and reservoirs that NASA scientists monitor using data collected by radar altimeters on several satellites, including Jason-2, Jason-3, and Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich.

The project, based at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center, posts new water height measurements of the reservoir every two weeks. The reservoir’s water levels typically drop a few meters in the winter and have trended upward by a few meters overall since the 1990s, the satellite observations show.

NASA Earth Observatory image by Michala Garrison, using Landsat data from the U.S. Geological Survey. Story by Adam Voiland.

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Post #4

Who are you to interpret nature through art? How do you interpret “the gift of beauty”?

 Art is an effective way to capture and share a moment in time. Most people engage in this activity almost daily through the act of taking pictures with their phone. Subsequently, the possibility of sharing them through posting on social media widens the range this art can reach. Through my role as an interpreter, the creation and sharing of art, visual or otherwise, can foster a deeper connection with the subject of interpretation. Modern life moves at a pace much faster than we have ever previously lived. As such, some have observed a decline in imagination and compassion in the youth. This poses a challenge for interpreters as the position requests the imagination of its constituents to visualize how things may have looked in the past, as well as how the present might affect the future. Personally, I have little experience in creating any visual arts, however, I have always enjoyed experiencing it in galleries and museums. On the other hand, I have long enjoyed playing and writing music. I picked up the guitar at a young age and since then have learned to play the bass and drums as well. While I have never tried interpreting nature through music, I do not think it is outside of the realm of possibilities. In the early 20th century composer John Cage wrote some pieces inspired by his time identifying and foraging mushrooms. One of these pieces included a “silent symphony” which was meant to draw the audiences’ attention to minute noises that are often overshadowed by life’s daily cacophony. I believe a similar approach would be useful to draw people’s attention to the often overlooked, minute details in nature.

Using art to interpret nature is an astute mode of instilling desire to sense the beauty of our surroundings. I believe there is beauty in all landscapes if you know where and what to look at. Art, in any medium, can highlight these sources of beauty for an audience thus providing greater ability to see what beauty is already there. An example given in the unit module was the Group of Seven. A group of Canadian impressionist painters that captured the landscapes of Algonquin park. The windblown conifers and exposed bedrock of the Canadian shield invokes a sense of patriotism for the plethora of natural beauty held within our borders. By the time I had discovered the works of the group of seven I had already visited Algonquin, among other parks, a few times. However, the paintings still provided me with a refreshed outlook on these landscapes. Furthermore, the paintings encouraged me to continue camping in these parks with a newfound respect for the resources the hold. I believe these works would have had similar effects on Canadians since their creation. Additionally, the passion for nature cannot only be seen in the works of the artists but also their actions as Canadian citizens. Two of the groups’ members were even instrumental in the conception of Killarney Provincial Park. Art works in many ways to instill the gift of beauty. In doing so it provides space to realize natural beauty and encourage the preservation of its resources.

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Yellowknife, NWT (No. 10)

The Northwest Territories Legislative Building is the home of the Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories, in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories. The territory's legislature has used many permanent and temporary facilities throughout its history. The most recent structure was built in 1993 and commenced usage in 1994, being officially opened that year by Canada's monarch, Queen Elizabeth II. Designed by Ferguson Simek Clark/Pin Matthews (of Yellowknife), in association with Matsuzaki Wright Architects Inc (of Vancouver), the building is two stories tall and contains two round halls: the Great Hall and the Caucus Room. The grounds, overlooking Frame Lake, were laid out by Cornelia Oberlander.

Source: Wikipedia

The Northwest Territories Legislative Assembly, or Legislative Council of the Northwest Territories (with Northwest hyphenated as North-West until 1906), is the legislature and the seat of government of Northwest Territories in Canada. It is a unicameral elected body that creates and amends law in the Northwest Territories. Permanently located in Yellowknife since 1993, the assembly was founded in 1870 and became active in 1872 with the first appointments from the Government of Canada.

Until 2014, the assembly was officially defined under federal law as "Legislative Council". However, under Northwest Territories territorial law, it was defined as "Legislative Assembly". The federal name was changed when the Northwest Territories Act was rewritten in 2014. Under different periods of its history it has alternated names.

Members of the Legislative Assembly are sworn in by the commissioner of the Northwest Territories.

Source: Wikipedia

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Canadian Conservative leader, Pierre Poilievre, wants to defund the CBC. A surprising new labelling policy at Elon Musk's Twitter gave him the chance to raise the profile of that agenda

https://nationalpost.com/opinion/i-run-cbc-news-elon-musks-twitter-changes-had-to-be-called-out

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Item #: SCP-037

Object Class: Euclid

Special Containment Procedure: SCP-037 is magnetically contained at Site-32. It is housed in a small subterranean room composed of a heat conducting, radiation-resistant polymer and evacuated of any atmosphere. Heat from the object is radiated into the surrounding rock. Should the integrity of the enclosure become compromised, the emergency system will generate a low power argon plasma shield until it is repaired. In the contingency of a [ACCESS DENIED].

Description: The artifact was discovered in 19██ above the Beaufort Sea at approximately the North Magnetic Pole. Intense electromagnetic interference was reported by Canadian Forces Station (CFS) Alert, followed by an extremely bright object descending toward the ocean from the sky. The SCPS Guardianresponded and discovered the object wavering in an erratic trajectory about 200 m above the surface of the water. Once containment procedures were devised it was transported to Site-32 for study.

SCP-037 is apparently a star approximately 5 cm (2 in) in diameter, with a luminosity of about 1*10-12 times that of our sun and a surface temperature of about 5000 K (determined by UBVRI analysis). The age and origin of SCP-037 is unknown, however, its nuclear activity is being carefully monitored for irregularities. Spectral analysis and comparison to known celestial bodies suggest that it is (other than its uncharacteristic size) a typical star quickly undergoing the transition to a red giant, though it is unknown if established theories of star formation and aging apply. It is thought to have entered the Earth's magnetosphere via the North Magnetic Pole.

Containment and transport of SCP-037 have been achieved by the use of powerful electromagnets, to which the artifact aligns itself according to its own magnetic field. The primary challenge to containment thus far has been its powerful electromagnetic emissions, which are intense enough to be easily seen by the naked eye from high Earth orbit. Its current enclosure is located deep underground to prevent detection and to facilitate radiative cooling into the surrounding bedrock. In effect, the entire facility and the surrounding volume of the Earth's crust act as a massive heat sink.

Over ██ years of study, the star has undergone a shift in emitted EM radiation, suggesting that it is undergoing stellar evolution at a vastly accelerated rate. If standard stellar models hold up, this will soon result in an increase in radius by a factor of 100 to 300 times, and a concomitant increase in radiated energy. Emergency containment contingencies are being studied for that eventuality. Further progression of the star's life cycle will likely terminate in a stellar nova, which is estimated to have a yield of ███████████. Extrapolations predict this to occur in ███████████. Research is underway for a method to arrest this development or to transport SCP-037 a safe distance from the planet before it occurs.

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If y'all think the Appalachian mountains are hot shit, you might be interested in the Canadian Shield, which is the oldest surface land on the planet. The youngest parts of the Canadiam shield are 2.5 billion years old, while the oldest land is 4.2 billion. They're really fucking old. Which means their mountains are even less impressive but shhh dont worry about it we love them anyways. Also, the shield has a pretty thin layer of dirt, beneath which is just rock. And by rock, I mean the bedrock which is the core of the entire continent of North America. The whole region is fascinating.

There's a reason I'll be dragging my ass 2000 km back to Thunder Bay to attend university, and that reason is so I can study geology right on the Canadian shield.

US Elevation.

by @cstats1

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Glacial Striations

As the Earth goes through cycles of warming and cooling, glaciers advance and retreat. Contrary to how they appear, glaciers are not solid. Instead, these ‘rivers of ice’ flow slowly over time due to the immense gravitational forces acting on them. Glaciers and the rocks transported by them have immense erosive power and can have large effects on the landscape. The erosive features left behind can yield valuable information about the location and movement of the responsible glacier. As glaciers move over the surface, the undersides scrape away soil and loose rocks they encounter. These rocks can become embedded in the base of the glacier and are pulled along with it. When these rocks are scraped along bedrock as the glacier moves, grooves are ground into the bedrock surface. These grooves are known as glacial striations and they range in size from microscopic to a few millimeters in depth. Glacial striations are most often displayed as a series of grooves that run parallel to the direction of glacial flow. If these rocks bounce, instead of passing smoothly over the surface, crescent shaped gouges in the bedrock known as chatter marks can result.

If you are in area that was once glaciated, such as the Canadian Shield, such erosive features are a common sight. The discovery of glacial striations or chatter marks not only indicates the locality was once covered in ice, but also gives insight as to the direction that glacier was flowing. Correlating these observations over wide areas and considering other glacial effects, such as isostatic rebound, helps scientists to determine the movement of glaciers over time.

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