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FOX, Alaska -- ERDC’s Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory’s (CRREL) Alaska Research Office – Fairbanks recently hosted a visit by U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Command Sgt. Maj. Karl J. Groninger of the Center’s Permafrost Research Facility, Fox, Alaska.
Host Kevin Bjella, CRREL researcher, provided Groninger with a familiarization tour of ERDC’s permafrost tunnel, focusing on engineering and climate change aspects of permafrost and how such aspects can impact current and future Department of Defense operations in the Arctic.
Discussions involved the latest methods for design and construction and also the need for on-going permafrost engineering research.
The visit also provided an opportunity to physically examine the structure and features associated with ice-rich permafrost and helped to explain why such features contribute to more difficult and more costly construction and operations in permafrost terrains.
Learn more about the tunnel at: crrel-permafrost-research-program.aspx.