Educational Permafrost Gallery (EPPG) by Jim Rooney

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House FoundationA house on Madcap Lane with a unique modified foundation solution.
Fairbanks, Alaska.

Photo credit: J. Rooney

 


House SubsidenceFour unit house on Madcap lane that did not begin to exhibit subsidence until late 1990’s. Test holes have since identified deeper frozen ice rich material.
Fairbanks, Alaska.

Photo credit: J. Rooney

 


Restored FoundationHouse on Madcap Lane with restored foundation.
Fairbanks, Alaska.

Photo credit: J. Rooney

 


House subsidenceHouse subsidence on Madcap Lane.
Fairbanks, Alaska.

Photo credit: J. Rooney

 


House subsidenceFrame house with heated basement near Farmers Loop Road north of the University of Alaska, Fairbanks. Note separation of the building and distortion of doors caused by thawing of underlying ice-rich permafrost (June 19, 1972).
Fairbanks, Alaska.

Photo credit: T.L. Pewe

 


House subsidenceSame frame house with heated basement near Farmers Loop Road on Madcap Lane in 2008. (Summer 2008).
Fairbanks, Alaska.

Photo credit: T.L. Pewe

 

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