{"id":1842,"name":"Barentsburg Borehole 9 (pingo Fili)","description":"<p>The system of long - term permafrost observations was organized on the permafrost site of Russian Scientific Center on Spitsbergen in summer 2016 (Demidov et al., 2016).&nbsp;</p>\n\n\n\n<p>Borehole 9 is drilled in the crater-like depression in the center of pingo Fili in the middle Grendalen valley 15 km south-east from Barentsburg (pingo height is 12 over the valley and crater depth is 3 m). Surface has no vegetation due to ongoing thawing and solifluction in the crater, adjacent to the borehole is small lake. Drilling showed 1 m of loam over massive pingo ice core which extends down to 22 m and is underlayed by marine clay. Bedrock was not reached.</p>\n\n\n\n<p>In this borehole automated thermistor cable 15&nbsp;m length with spacing 0,75 m is inserted permanently.&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;</p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Permafrost present but thickness not known.</strong>&nbsp; &nbsp;</p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\n\n\n\n<p>GROUND TEMPERATURE AT ZERO ANNUAL AMPLITUDE OR AT LOWERMOST THERMISTOR</p>\n\n\n\n<p>Year; Locality in borehole ;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Depth(m);&nbsp; Temp.&nbsp;</p>\n\n\n\n<p>2009 ; Lowermost thermistor ;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; -15.00 ; -2.56&nbsp;</p>\n\n","site_id":25,"site_name":"Svalbard ","country_name":"Svalbard","active":true,"has_data":false,"date_start":null,"date_end":null,"datasets_count":0,"timezone":"+01:00","created":"2024-08-21T12:14:26.356456","modified":"2026-05-15T11:44:16.151795","accessibility":{"type":null,"distance_from_road":null},"disturbance":{"disturbance":{"type":null,"distance":null},"disturbance_other":{"type":null,"distance":null}},"location":{"elevation":52.0,"latitude":77.99351,"longitude":14.66177},"contacts":[{"orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3462-7747","first_name":"Nikita","last_name":"Demidov","role":"","position":"","address":{"address":"","zip":"","city":"","country":"","phone":"","url":"","email":"nikdemidov@mail.ru"}}],"generic_citation":"Nikita Demidov: Permafrost Temperature (PT) at \"Barentsburg Borehole 9 (pingo Fili)\" (Svalbard). Additional Code: RU 204, GTN-P PID: pt/1842.","citations":[],"related_publications":[],"pictures":[],"environmental_setting":{"slope":null,"aspect":null,"vegetation_type":"No Vegetation","vegetation":"none","hydrology":null,"landform":"pingo","lithology":null,"morphology":null,"description":null,"prior_records":null},"permafrost_setting":{"permafrost_thickness":null,"permafrost_zone":"Continuous","zero_annual_amplitude":null},"gtnp_code":"RU 204","additional_code":null,"drilling":{"drilling_method":null,"date_drilled":null,"depth":25.0,"drilling_angle":90.0,"diameter":null,"deepest_sensor":15.0},"datasets":[]}