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An ultrasonic pulse technique was used in the laboratory to measure compressional and shear wave velocities on frozen soil samples with various ice contents. Measurements were made on a variety of samples, which differed in type of material, geographical location, and ice content, at temperatures ranging from −7 to +1 °C. Three series of tests were run on specimens from the Norman Wells, Fort Good Hope, and Eureka areas, Northwest Territories. The first series of specimens was tested under uniaxial stress conditions, whereas the measurements for the second and third series were done under triaxial stress conditions. The results measured on samples from the Norman Wells and Eureka areas were compared with the results obtained from shallow seismic profiles shot in the field at the sampled drill sites at the time of drilling. The values of field velocities lie within the range of laboratory measurements, and therefore prove that the laboratory tests provide a measure of control in the interpretation of seismic records.

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