Shallow (12 cm) ground temperatures for 7 ice-wedge troughs and 2 polygon centres in a high-centred polygon system in Fosheim Peninsula, Ellesmere Island, Nunavut, Canada

Shallow (12 cm) ground temperatures were collected as part of a study assessing the impacts on ice-wedge trough morphology on surficial conditions and near ground surface temperatures in a high-centred polygon system. This collected data is part of M. Ward Joness Ph.D. research at McGill University investigating how climate change is driving landscape change within a high Arctic polar desert system with ice-rich permafrost. The Research Support Opportunity in Arctic Environmental Studies provided by Association of Canadian Universities for Northern Studies (ACUNS) awarded to M. Ward Jones enabled this research to take place in the vicinity of Eureka Weather Station on Ellesmere Island, Nunavut. Other student support was provided by the Eben Hopson and David Erb Fellowships, the Fonds de Recherche du Quebec - Nature et Technologies (FRQNT) doctoral scholarship and Northern Scientific Training Program (NSTP). This research was also funded by Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) and the Polar Continental Shelf Program (PCSP) to W. Pollard.