Pingos, no I did not mis-spell Bingos

Pingos are unique to the Arctic shores of the Northwest Territories and are also found in Russia. Their creation is based on the melt and freeze of water under the topsoil and above the permafrost. It is strange to think that what shows above the surrounding land is made up mostly of ice.

Pingos is the Inuvialuit word for small hill. An appropriate name for a landmark formed as a super frost heave.