Soils of the Barrow region, AlaskaFootnote¹

The authors appreciate the cooperation of the Ukpeagvik Inupiat Corp. for administrative assistance and the Barrow Arctic Science Consortium (BASC) for facilitating research in the Barrow Environmental Observatory. The research was supported by NSF awards OPP‐9318528 to K. R. Everett and F. E. Nelson, OPP‐9612647 to F. E. Nelson, and OPP‐9529783 to K. M. Hinkel. L. R. Everett, J. D. O'Brien, and J. Mun‐roe assisted in the field. J. Brown kindly read an early draft of this manuscript.

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