Canada is certainly well endowed in gas hydrates, which is basically methane frozen in ice crystals, both because the extensive permafrost that characterizes northern Canada—and the bulk of Canada's north is above 60 degrees north—is permafrost hosting gas hydrates inland, and also, if the water depth is sufficient, because pressures and temperatures will be such that gas hydrates will also exist at the bottom of a deep column of cold water.
Le Canada est assurément riche en hydrates de gaz, surtout du méthane gelé dans des cristaux de glace, pour deux raisons. Premièrement, la vaste étendue de pergélisol typique du Nord du Canada — et le gros de cette région est au nord du 60 parallèle — renferme des hydrates de gaz.
